Jermain Defoe makes Rangers injury rest admission as striker gives watching brief verdict

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Jermain Defoe has vowed he will come back from injury stronger than ever as he aims to break back into the Rangers XI. The former England international is now edging back to fitness after a hamstring injury suffered in a pre-season friendly against Motherwell.

The 38-year-old admits the jump from keeping fit on his own during lockdown to the intensity of Steven Gerrard 's training regime was a shock to the system and he wonders if his body needed a reboot.

That feeling has been solidified by a powerful return, with the striker feeling fitter and stronger than ever. He told Rangers TV : "It's one of those ones with the pandemic that we've never experienced before in that it's such a long time without playing football. "You come back into.