Rangers welcome Aberdeen to Ibrox this weekend in what will be a crucial match for Danny Rohl’s Premiership hopes.
It will be Stephen Robinson’s second match in charge of the Dons after his appointment last week.
But the former St Mirren boss will be forced to omit one key player from his Ibrox starting XI.
Lyall Cameron will be unavailable for Aberdeen, with the midfielder unable to play against his parent club.
Rocky Rohl relationship
Signed on a pre-contract agreement from Dundee last January, the 23-year-ld and joined up with then-boss Russell Martin’s side in the summer.
Cameron started well despite overall results.
He netted a Champions League goal away to Viktoria Plzen and played in Rangers first three league matches before an injury.
During his spell on the sidelines, Martin was sacked and replaced by Rohl.
The German does not seem to rate the former Scotland under 21 international and managed just 13 minutes of action following his appointment.
The first warning signs for Cameron came early in Rohl’s tenure.
After being left out of a matchday squad for an away trip to Hibs, Rohl was asked directly whether Cameron had “picked up another injury?”
He simply replied simply: “No.”
When pressed again on whether Cameron was available for football, the answer again was a simple “yeah.”
He also admitted Cameron had found it “hard” to adapt to his new demands before allowing him to join Aberdeen on loan.
Cameron himself admitted he found his lack of football difficult.
“It’s not easy,” he explained.
“You train hard all week then don’t get an opportunity to show what you can do at the end of the week.”
The move north to Aberdeen
There was considerable backlash from the Granite City faithful after his announcement.
They consider Rangers a fierce rival and taking a perceived cast-off was met with a backlash.
Fan’s view
ENRG Sport journalist and Aberdeen supporter Thomas Harper commented on the feeling from the Dons support.
He feels the club should be direct competitors to the Old Firm and laments the club loaning players from them.
“The fans were quite rightly in uproar about yet again loaning a player from an Old Firm side,” he said.
“When this happens, we see them improve – only to then kick on elsewhere.
“A good number of Aberdeen fans have nothing against Cameron himself but are not a fan of this move in its principle.”
Despite a debut win over Livingston, Aberdeen have not won again since his arrival but Harper does not attribute the blame to Cameron.
“We do like Cameron as a player; he is tidy and not afraid to make a tackle.
“There are times where he clearly shows why he had so much interest in him from other clubs in the summer.”
“The situation is dire and not one man can change an entire team’s fortunes.”
“He won over some doubters on his debut but there are still questions over his consistency.”
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Cameron’s future at Ibrox looks bleak, and he admitted himself he is unsure what next season will hold.
“I’m just looking to play as much as I can, score as many goals as I can and help the team,” he said.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen beyond the summer.
“I have signed here on loan to the end of the season, and I just want to help Aberdeen as much as possible.”
Rangers were ordered to spend £400k on the midfielder following a tribunal.
For a player who contributed 14 goals and nine assists for a struggling Dundee side last term it looked good value.
But things simply have not worked out for Cameron at Ibrox.
Rangers will be hoping he can recapture his Dens Park form – either to stage an unlikely reignition of his Ibrox career, or to turn the club a profit.
