Philippe Clement reveals Rangers medical staff told him NOT to start key start vs Dynamo Kyiv

RANGERS boss Philippe Clement has revealed that his medical team told him NOT to start new signing Václav Černý against Dynamo Kyiv. The winger impressed on his ‘home‘ debut for the Light Blues when he scored a fine curling effort which proved to be the winner against Motherwell on Saturday. PARangers manager Philippe Clement before the UEFA Champions League, third qualifying round, second leg match at Hampden Park[/caption] Willie VassVaclav Cerny hasn’t started the match[/caption] And many Gers fans would have liked to have seen him in action again at their temporary ground of Hampden on Tuesday night. But he won’t play from the start after the Belgian boss revealed he was advised to bench him. Speaking before the second leg of their crucial UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie, he told Rangers TV: “The only thing is the medical and performance staff advised me not to start with Václav Černý after the minutes he took in the weekend and the minutes before. “[We plan] to give him minutes in the moments when the tempo drops a bit more in the game than in the first half when its full power, so of course after his good minutes in the last game you want to start with him “But those are decisions to make for the moment, we need to make them better and make them stronger. “It’s a logical thing also, he’s also been training with us for a little bit more than one week. It’s a disappointment for the Czech winger who earlier this week he insisted he was ready to start EVERY game. He said: “I feel ready to start every single game, if you ask me.  “I just want to use those two days we have now to recover and get in shape again, and I’m going to do my best to be ready. “It’s on the manager, obviously, but I’ll do my best to be ready.” Meanwhile, defender Leon Balogun misses out altogether. The veteran stopper picked up a knock against the Steelmen and isn’t available for selection against the Ukrainians. But Clement insists it’s only a minor injury. Our New YouTube Channel Subscribe to our new Scottish Sun Sport YouTube channel for all the latest football news, views and amazing moments. We’ve got every major development covered from Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Hibs, Aberdeen and the rest of the Scottish Premiership. Plus we have TWO brilliant new podcasts to watch every week… MONDAY Go Ballistic with Roger Hannah and special guest Kris Boyd will dissect all the weekend action and deliver their no-holds-barred reaction. WEDNESDAY Robert Grieve and Bill Leckie chew over the tastiest topics in Scottish football and offer their unique takes in their Coffee Club. FRIDAY Go Ballistic is back with Roger Hannah and top tipster Jim Delahunt looking ahead to the weekend games and analysing the biggest talking points. Subscribe now and don’t miss a thing. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page

Philippe Clement reveals Rangers medical staff told him NOT to start key start vs Dynamo Kyiv

RANGERS boss Philippe Clement has revealed that his medical team told him NOT to start new signing Václav Černý against Dynamo Kyiv.

The winger impressed on his ‘home‘ debut for the Light Blues when he scored a fine curling effort which proved to be the winner against Motherwell on Saturday.

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Rangers manager Philippe Clement before the UEFA Champions League, third qualifying round, second leg match at Hampden Park[/caption]
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Vaclav Cerny hasn’t started the match[/caption]

And many Gers fans would have liked to have seen him in action again at their temporary ground of Hampden on Tuesday night.

But he won’t play from the start after the Belgian boss revealed he was advised to bench him.

Speaking before the second leg of their crucial UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie, he told Rangers TV: “The only thing is the medical and performance staff advised me not to start with Václav Černý after the minutes he took in the weekend and the minutes before.

“[We plan] to give him minutes in the moments when the tempo drops a bit more in the game than in the first half when its full power, so of course after his good minutes in the last game you want to start with him

“But those are decisions to make for the moment, we need to make them better and make them stronger.

“It’s a logical thing also, he’s also been training with us for a little bit more than one week.

It’s a disappointment for the Czech winger who earlier this week he insisted he was ready to start EVERY game.

He said: “I feel ready to start every single game, if you ask me. 

“I just want to use those two days we have now to recover and get in shape again, and I’m going to do my best to be ready.

“It’s on the manager, obviously, but I’ll do my best to be ready.”

Meanwhile, defender Leon Balogun misses out altogether.

The veteran stopper picked up a knock against the Steelmen and isn’t available for selection against the Ukrainians.

But Clement insists it’s only a minor injury.

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