Michael Beale has provided an injury update on Kemar Roofe.

The striker had come off the bench to score the winner against Aberdeen at Hampden before a cruel injury blow forced him off.

Roofe, 30, had only returned to action after a string of injury problems. But his return was dampened as he trudged off with a shoulder problem at the national stadium.

Now, Beale has offered an update on Roofe's condition after the latest injury setback.

He revealed the forward has had a scan and will get a second opinion on "a separation" at the top of his shoulder. But there is no break.

Roofe will however, miss the midweek match against Rangers and is set to be unavailable for the weekend.

The Ibrox boss said: "He won't be available for this game and probably the weekend as well.

"It's a real sore one. He's been away and had the scan and he is going to see somebody else just to get a second opinion on it.

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"It's an injury he has had on the other side previously, but it's not a break in terms of dislocation. There's a bit of a separation at the top and he needs to take his time.

"With some people it is less time, with others it is more. It is just how Kemar feels in the coming weeks and days.

"It's a huge disappointment for him and for the fans and for his team-mates as well because he is not just such a good player on the pitch but he is very important around the building.

"He is one of the more senior players and one of the more vocal ones."

The Ibrox boss added: "It is up in the air at the moment, it is how Kem reacts to it in terms of the pain and then what the surgeon actually thinks we can do in the short-term now.

"Some players it has been weeks, others months, that is the feedback I have been given by the physios."

Roofe had shared on his social media after the match: "Buzzing to be going to another final but the footballing gods are testing me again!

"Just another hurdle to get over and improve."

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