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The international break begins and while many Rangers fans hate these things, the call ups for the player is a source of pride.
Ibrox Noise takes you through those going to their country’s camps, and those who didn’t quite make the cut this time around:
He’s a regular with Croatia, but is yet to be capped for his country. He’s off to face England and Ryan Naderi’s Czechia, though he’s unlikely to play. We’ll see.
Yes, he got the call up, as we discussed earlier, for the Nations League v club team mate Ivor Pandur and Spain.
Despite being a bit patchy the past few weeks, the South Africa star goes to the latest round of AFCON qualifiers.
Yes, he got his maiden call up at the age of 27, no mean feat when up against Kieran Tierney and Andy Robertson, not to mention Nathan Patterson on the right. We’ll see if Seb picks our man at LB.
Back in the senior squad again, Curtis was of course dropped to the unders then reinstated to seniors for Scotland. A rollercoaster of a ride but he’s part of the latest national squad yet again, despite a lack of minutes for Derek McInnes’ Rangers.
Always called, never played. Not much to say about Kelly.
Having a good time at Rangers, a form lift, and he’s getting regular calls from Venezuela. Alas for him this is just a friendly break for his country, but he’ll still be quite happy with the shout.
Like fellow Serb Vanja Dragojevic, not getting much play time for Rangers but his national side value him. He is off on international duty again. He’s growing in prominence for his country.
Got a cameo against St Mirren but we’ve discussed him a few times on the Noise. Doesn’t play for his country much either but usually gets the nod. He joins his club mate with the national side again.
Total regular for the Red Devils, he’s got the call yet again, and we’ll see how much he plays. He’s still seeking that move away, so he’ll hope to have a strong break.
There are some key players staying at home for this one:
Minsu Kim’s failed to get the call for South Korea this time, while Manny Fernandez was overlooked by Nigeria. Bojan Miovski fails to make the North Macedonians. Djeidi Gassama’s Mauritius aren’t featured in this break so no call needed for him.
Last but not least the on-fire Badredine Bouanani inexplicably got overlooked for this one despite the call last time when he wasn’t in such good form. Odd one!
Naturally we hope this Rangers player international break yields no injuries!