Craig Moore has been troubled by injury all this season
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Rangers' Craig Moore will be ready to face Manchester United in the Champions League despite another hamstring injury scare.
The Australia international defender was given the all-clear on Monday by a specialist who told him that he had not suffered a recurrence of the hamstring injury that has already sidelined him for six weeks this season.
Influential Moore withdrew at half-time during Saturday's Old Firm derby but had insisted that it was only a precautionary measure.
There had been fears that he would miss the next domestic game, against Motherwell on 18 October, and the Champions League meeting with Manchester United four days later.
But a Rangers spokesman told the club website: "Craig and the doctor went to London and the good news is that Craig has not re-injured his hamstring or suffered a new injury.
"He has been given a programme between now and the Motherwell game and we are confident he will be fit for that match."
The specialist has organised an exercise programme that will see Moore strengthen the hamstring in the gym before joining the rest of the squad on Tuesday.
Moore had told the Sun newspaper: "Nothing has gone and I didn't think 'I've done my hamstring again'.
"It was a case of knocking it on the head before I did do it again and had six weeks out, which I have already gone through this season.
"The fact is there is a very punishing campaign ahead of us with a lot of big games and you have to think of that.
"I had to look at the bigger picture. The older you get, the more you are able to do that."
Meanwhile, striker Steven Thompson has undergone a successful operation to his injured knee.
Thompson is still not expected to be back in action for six months.
But manager Alex McLeish said: "We have spoken to the surgeon and he was very happy with the procedure.
"It's now a case of rehab for Steven. The prognosis is three to six months, so we will expect him back after six months and, if we get him before, it will be a bonus."
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