Sima selected for Senegal at Afcon

Rangers will be without top scorer Abdallah Sima following the winter break after the striker was named in the Senegal squad for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations.

The Brighton loanee has been capped four times for his country and will join up with his teammates in the new year ahead of his side’s first game on 15 January in Ivory Coast.

The 22-year-old could miss up to five games if reigning champions Senegal go all the way, as they did back in 2021, with the final set to be held on 11 February.

During that period, Philippe Clement’s men face three consecutive away trips to Dumbarton, Hibs and St Mirren, before hosting Livingston and Aberdeen back-to-back at Ibrox.