A lack of playing time at Rangers has led to him being dropped for his country's upcoming Nations League games

Bojan Miovski has been ditched by North Macedonia for their Nations League game in Scotland after manager Goce Sedloski confirmed it was due to his lack of playing time at Rangers.

The 27-year-old has been a key man for his national team since making his debut five years ago and has won 45 caps However, he's been relegated to a bit-part player at Rangers under Derek McInnes and has played a total of just 72 minutes all season for the Ibrox club.

The former Girona hitman has made eight appearances off the bench, mostly for very short periods, although he did net a vital last gasp winner against St Mirren in September for his only goal of the season.

But despite featuring for North Macedonia in all four Nations League games, including starting the 2-0 defeat to Scotland in Skopje, he wasn't included in their squad for their final two games....including one at Hampden.

Sedloski said: "Miovski has not had playing time at Glasgow Rangers for a long time, that's why I decided on the four strikers I selected He has not been deleted from the squad - when he has more playing time and when he plays, he will get a call-up.

"There is no anger about the decision. I have always decided to select those who are playing and I will continue that way. Those who do not play in the teams will not be called up.

"Let's fix the mistakes we made here against Scotland. We are playing against a strong team like Scotland and we need to forget about our recent form and give everything."

North Macedonia have not scored for eight games and failed to win a match in their last dozen games.