Hearts hit by Milne ACL blow and Borchgrevink hamstring injury
Hearts face a defensive injury crisis after Harry Milne's season-ending ACL tear and a hamstring problem for Christian Borchgrevink picked up in the Conference League defeat at Trabzonspor.
Hearts are dealing with mounting injury problems in defence, with Harry Milne expected to miss the rest of the season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament. The 29-year-old defender's setback was reported by the Sun.
The club also has a concern over right-back Christian Borchgrevink, 27, who sustained a hamstring injury during Hearts' Conference League defeat by Trabzonspor in Turkey on Thursday, according to the Edinburgh Evening News. The two issues leave the Edinburgh side short of options at the back.
Elsewhere, Rangers left-back James Penrice has called on his team-mates to answer their critics and demonstrate the mentality needed to succeed, the Record reports. His challenge to the squad shifts attention to Rangers' response amid outside scrutiny.
At Hibernian, new manager Marink Reedijk offered a colourful description of his side's prospects, comparing them to sauce emerging from a ketchup bottle: you shake and shake with nothing coming out, but once it does, it arrives all at once, the Edinburgh Evening News reports.
The injury updates at Hearts stand out as the most concrete developments in the round-up, while the comments from Penrice and Reedijk reflect the contrasting pressures and expectations around Rangers and Hibernian.
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