Raskin availability 'positive' for Rangers - Bell

[SNS] Having Nicolas Raskin available to face Jagiellonia Bialystok is "positive for Rangers", says former Ibrox goalkeeper Cammy Bell. Belgium midfielder Raskin, 25, could make his first Rangers appearance of the season in Poland in Thursday's Europa League third qualifying round first leg. He has been linked with a move this summer, while Rangers have recruited in the central midfield area with Cammy Devlin and Vanja Dragojevic joining. "It's a player that's come off the back of playing a lot of minutes at the World Cup for a top side as well," Bell told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast . "Having Nico Raskin available is positive for Rangers. Again, we don't know what sort of condition he is. He only had a few weeks off. Hopefully he's fully fit. "We'd expect him to play a part in the game because he is a quality player. You don't play for Belgium if you're not a good player. "He is a Rangers player at this moment in time. Whether he will be at the end of the transfer window, I probably doubt that he will be there, I think he'll move on for probably a good sum of money. But while you've got him, you've got to use him. "This is a massive match. Rangers need to progress through this, they really do. They need to get a positive result to make it an easier job back at Ibrox. There's that negativity from the start of the season, that game against Dundee United." Andy Halliday believes that 1-1 draw at United has motivated further recruitment at Rangers, with winger Daisuke Yokota signed from Hannover on Wednesday. "It was obviously a really poor opener against Dundee United," said former Rangers midfielder Halliday. "I thought it was a game that really highlighted the deficiencies that Rangers have in certain areas of the pitch. "That result on Friday almost kicked them into overdrive. Rangers have obviously signed one winger. They've been linked by another three or four with reports being quite strong. They've submitted bids on a couple of others."