Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers have been without their skipper since the middle of September.
Graeme Murty has told Rangers TV that he is receiving very positive reports about left-back Lee Wallace in his battle to regain fitness.
The 30-year-old hasn’t kicked a ball for Rangers in over two months following a groin injury.
In that time, Cardiff City loanee Declan John has made that position his own, starting the seven games that Wallace has been forced to sit out.
However, caretaker boss Murty reveals that the Ibrox skipper is doing “really good numbers” and claims that it’s “encouraging” to see him start running at speed again in training.
“Lee Wallace is doing some really good numbers. We just have to make sure his specifics for his groin are all hit, and we make sure he is fully fit and firing when he comes back,” he told Rangers TV.
“It is encouraging seeing him open up and seeing him hit the speeds which he is hitting at the moment.
“Stevie [physio] gives me really good reports on what he is doing and how he is progressing, so we know, when he is due to come back into training, he will be ready to handle the load.”
Truth is, Murty might not be around when Wallace does return from his layoff.
Rangers remain in the hunt for a new manager and the 43-year-old did his chances no good at all by overseeing a shock 2-0 defeat by Hamilton last weekend.
Murty had won his first two games in charge, scoring six in both games, but the latest setback might remind the Gers’ hierarchy of his inexperience.
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