Hamza Igamane will step up his bid to make his Rangers debut in the coming days as boss Philippe Clement backed him to make an impact in his first term at Ibrox.

The Moroccan has yet to feature for Clement’s side following his switch from AS Far in his homeland earlier this summer. Igamane penned a long-term deal with Rangers and is seen as one for the future as Clement looks to overhaul his squad for the seasons ahead.

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Clement has put his faith in Cyriel Dessers to lead the line for most of the campaign as Danilo has been limited in his game time following his return from a serious knee injury. Now the Belgian is keen to see Igamane continue his progression towards first team involvement.

"It's difficult to put a date on that because until now he only did things with the team in short space,” Clement said. “So we have a plan also on Sunday to work more on longer spaces. To have 11 against 11 with players from academy. So Hamza can do that part also. That's his next step in his rehab now.

“It will be a few weeks. But maybe in the meantime I put him on the bench for 5 or 10 minutes. It can be possible. But he needs some time to grow.

“But everybody here in the team, they see the small spaces a lot of good things. Now to show it on a bigger space. Because he plays on a big space.

“I'm confident he's going to make an impact on this season also. With his scoring capacities. Is it as a striker or as a winger? It can be in both positions."