SHOCKING NEWS;Alex Lowry reveals his returning back to his former club due to what happened….

Rangers boss Barry Ferguson, having been a player himself of course and one of some repute, knows the feeling of being left out of a game in which you are desperate to feature.

So, as he picked his starting XI ahead of Sunday’s Old Firm derby clash with Celtic at Parkhead, Ferguson would have been very in-tune to the emotions of those staring at the team sheet in dismay.

There was no place for Nedim Bajrami. Robin Propper, Ianis Hagi and Hamza Igamane all had to make do with a substitute appearance off the bench, alongside Tom Lawrence and Clinton Nsiala.

Igamane would deliver the perfect response with a ‘phenomenal’ finish rifled past Kasper Schmeichel in the 88th minute. But for the rest of that aforementioned quintet, Ferguson does feel some sympathy even if he knows his job – in the Rangers dugout – is to make the sort of difficult decision lesser men would shy away from.

“Some of them will be disappointed to be left out,” Barry Ferguson said after Rangers ended their five-year wait for a win on the road against Celtic. “But I believe they are all good players.”

At least Bajrami, Hagi and co had a spot on the bench. The same cannot be said of Alex Lowry last weekend.

Despite leaving Rangers for Wycombe Wanderers during the January transfer window in pursuit of more regular game time, the early signs south of the border suggest that things could yet get worse before they get better.

Alex Lowry left out by Wycombe Wanderers again after RAngers exit

Alex Lowry made a bright start to life at Wycombe, impressing the supporters on his debut in an FA Cup clash with Preston North End in early February.