Rangers quartet back for Old Firm

Old Firm team news : The Rangers quartet who withdrew from the Scotland squad for the 1-1 draw with Croatia at Hampden on Wednesday…

Old Firm team news: The Rangers quartet who withdrew from the Scotland squad for the 1-1 draw with Croatia at Hampden on Wednesday night are set to come in to contention for tomorrow's Old Firm derby at Ibrox.

Some controversy surrounded the withdrawal of skipper Barry Ferguson (ankle), Lee McCulloch (thigh), Christian Dailly (broken toe) and Allan McGregor (knee) for George Burley's first game in charge of the national side.

However, all four will be given every chance to declare themselves fit for the crunch game against the SPL champions.

Celtic midfielder Barry Robson should play after recovering from the minor knee injury which ruled him out of the Croatia friendly.

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Stephen McManus, Paul Hartley, Gary Caldwell and Scott Brown are all expected to be fit for the trip to Ibrox after coming through the match at Hampden relatively unscathed, and Scott McDonald will also feature after missing out on international duty with Australia through injury.

Bobo Balde is added to the squad to face Rangers after recovering from the injury he sustained at the African Nations Cup.

Provisional squads

Rangers: McGregor, Broadfoot, Cuellar, Weir, Papac, Dailly, Thomson, Davis, Ferguson, McCulloch, Whittaker, Darcheville, Novo, Alexander, Boyd, Burke, Naismith, Emslie, Furman.
 
Celtic: Boruc, Hinkel, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor, Nakamura, S Brown, Hartley, Robson, Sno, McGeady, McDonald, Samaras, Vennegoor of Hesselink, M Brown, Riordan, O'Dea, Killen, Balde.