Scott Wright has bravely opened up on the ACL injury he sustained during his time at Aberdeen and the impact the blow had on him mentally.

The current Rangers midfielder suffered the horror injury when he was at Pittodrie at the age of 22 and he admits he feared for his career when he heard the news.

Wright though battled his way back into the Aberdeen side and as a result was subsequently signed by Rangers, where he has enjoyed success, including scoring in the Scottish Cup final.

Opening up on his injury experience, Wright told the Surgical Goals podcast: "Just getting that phone call saying you've done your ACL, I think it was just a realization of like oh my God, because there's such a taboo around ACL injuries still, even now of, yes, that's you done. You’re finished. 

“Whatever player you were before, you're not coming back the same guy. I'm quite a fast-attacking player, I thought I'm not going to be that if I do come back, like I'm going to be half the player. 

“So yeah, I actually had a wee cry to myself. It was just the realisation of it. I phoned Adam Stokes [physio] and just said to him 'let’s go to work, let’s get started'.” 

Meanwhile, Michael Beale has revealed he has been on the road having face-to-face talks with potential new Rangers signings.

The Gers boss is looking to add “four or five” players to his squad for next season but it will be without the help of sporting director Ross Wilson, who recently departed to Nottingham Forest.

Beale, whose side sit 12 points behind Premiership leaders Celtic, is continuing the quest to bolster his group this summer.

The former QPR manager told talkSPORT: “This group has given me what they can and we’re probably four or five players away from being where I want us to be.

“That’s nothing against the players that are playing just now, it will just make us stronger.

“Certainly the first part of the season next year, with hopefully the Champions League, if not, definitely the Europa League, we’ve got 14 or 15 weeks of three-game weeks, and it’s fair to say our squad needs more variety and depth and I want us to play with more pace and energy.

“Obviously Ross Wilson moved on last week but a lot of the plans have been in place since I came here in November.

“It’s something we’ve been constantly talking about every day, if you like because we were so close in terms of here at the training ground.

“Now Ross has moved on I’m leading that and I’ve been away speaking to some players over the last couple of days and it’s something that’s constantly ongoing in the background.

“I think in the short period right now, it may suit me better than someone coming in in the middle of the work that we’re doing.

“I feel like I’ve got really good support from John Park and the recruitment staff. A lot of the work’s been done, it’s now executing it. I’m quite fussy, I like to go and meet the players and see them face to face.

“That’s how I did it with Nico Raskin and Todd Cantwell (in January). It wasn’t just the business men, if you like. I like to see these boys and sit in front of them.

“I’ve been away doing that in the last few weeks. Every day off and moment in the schedule that allows I’ve been travelling to meet people along with Ross and I’ll continue to do that on my own.”