Derek McInnes has provided an injury update on Tuur Rommens, confirming that the Belgian full-back will be out for a number of weeks.
Despite playing the full match, reports after the game circulated about the 23-year-old picking up a groin strain, which was then reported by the Rangers Review on Tuesday.
Ahead of his side's Europa League second leg against Jagiellonia Bialystok, McInnes gave an update on the ex-Westerlo defender, who signed for Rangers in the January transfer window.
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During his press conference, the manager confirmed that Rommens would be out for weeks, with his scan results described as "not great" by McInnes.
Additionally, he provided two separate timelines for the player's return, saying that the best-case scenario is "four to six weeks", while the worst is "six to eight" in length.
McInnes said: "Tuur has a groin strain. Him and Manny [Fernandez] are the only two who have played for 90 minutes in both Poland and against Hibs. We were trying to freshen it up.
"At this stage of the season, we are susceptible to these types of things, particularly when the demand of the games comes on. We do not have options defensively, so Tuur has had to go again and play. It was just a very last action in the bottom-left-hand corner before the break. He has gone to injure it and the scan was not great for him.
"We are going to be without him for a couple of weeks, which exacerbates the situation defensively. We are really short on numbers. We need a left-sided defender and we are keen to get that resolved as quickly as possible. With the numbers we have got there, we are playing with fire. We are a couple of defenders being injured from the situation we are in.
"We have been going through it now for months, but the good thing is that we have the ability to react. Hopefully, we can react positively and quickly, because I think that is important."
