Rangers face FK Shkupi in the second leg of their Europa League tie on Tuesday evening.
Steven Gerrard takes his Rangers side to Macedonia for the second leg of the first round of Europa League qualifying against FK Shkupi on Tuesday evening without Scott Arfield – and some fans want Ovie Ejaria to replace him.
Arfield, 29, is said to have suffered a knock from the first leg, in which Rangers earned a 2-0 aggregate advantage thanks to goals from Jamie Murphy and James Tavernier.
Summer signing Arfield has not travelled with the rest of the squad to Macedonia, where they will face Shkupi at the Philip II Arena. Gerrard is aware that his Rangers side will face a different Shkupi to the one at Ibrox, where they dominated.
Arfield’s absence leaves a whole in the middle of the park, though Gerrard has much to choose from. Indeed, Ryan Jack, Greg Docherty and Liverpool loanee Ejaria were all on the bench against Shkupi.
Gerrard must now choose between the trio to replace Arfield and sit alongside Daniel Candeias and Ross McCrorie in midfield. He must weigh up whether to play cautiously and hold onto the lead, or look to add to the two-goal margin.
Some Rangers fans believe he should do the latter by including attack-minded Ejaria in his starting eleven, after the 20-year-old England youth international showed some nice touches off the bench last time out.
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