Medical expert fears Hagi may have suffered ‘knee ligament damage’ after Rangers update
There is an outside chance that Rangers star Ianis Hagi may have suffered knee ligament damage.
That is the view of injury expert Ben Dinnery, who runs the Premier Injuries site and has a background in medicine and data analysis.
Hagi suffered a knock to his knee early on in the 4-0 Scottish Cup win over Stirling Albion last Friday (21 January).
The Romanian playmaker was replaced by 18-year-old debutant Alex Lowry, who scored Rangers’ opening goal.
Hagi’s father, the legendary Gheorghe, was quoted by the Daily Record last Saturday (22 January) as saying “we hope it is a really minor complication.”
Dinnery suggested that the 23-year-old is likely to spend only a brief period on the sidelines but that it is impossible to rule out something more sinister.
He told Football Insider‘s Adam Williams: “Structurally, you just want to make sure that knee is sound.
“Where the impact came from will depend on which areas you need to be considering.
“My understanding is that those initial scans have come back fairly positive and it doesn’t look to be anything too serious.
“You could be looking at anything from a bit of bruising to ligament damage to cartilage and meniscus problems.
“But it appears that it was more of a precautionary withdrawal. Those scans will just be to make sure they haven’t missed anything.
“If everything is sound, it should just be a short period on the timelines.”
Hagi has registered four goals and four assists in 27 appearances this term.
Rangers face Livingston tomorrow in the Scottish Premiership tomorrow (26 January).
In other news, pundit tips Connor Goldson to “shine” for Nottingham Forest after newspaper’s Rangers update.