Nasser Djiga suffers freak injury in first Rangers training session | OneFootball

Burkinabe international defender Nasser Djiga joined Rangers from Wolverhampton Wanderers on a season-long loan today.

He has suffered a freak injury in just his first-ever training session with the Ibrox club.

The 22-year-old Rangers man was involved in a passing drill with his new teammates, and he had to be temporarily forced out of training following a nasty head knock.

The medical team bandaged up Djiga after the injury, and he was cleared to return to training.

Rangers drew 2-2 with Club Brugge in a friendly at Ibrox on Sunday in their first game under new manager Russell Martin.

They face Panathinaikos in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the Champions League later this month and will be keen to build a lead ahead of the reverse fixture.

Djiga will be fit to play and could make his official debut against the Greek club.

He is the sixth new player to join Rangers this summer, and more additions are expected as Martin looks to assemble a squad capable of stopping Celtic next season.

Lyall Cameron, Max Aarons, Joe Rothwell, Emmanuel Fernandez and Thelo Aasgaard have already joined the Scottish Premiership club.

They will all be keen to hit the ground running and impress when the new campaign starts later this month.

Djiga brings much-needed experience to the Rangers defence, having played for Basel in the Swiss Super League, Nimes in Ligue 2 and Red Star Belgrade in the Serbian SuperLiga.

He moved to the Premier League during the last winter transfer window and could be a shrewd addition to Rangers’ squad this season.