£20m rated Gers star adds fuel to transfer talk

Alfredo Morelos is always going to be linked with a move away from Rangers, his goal scoring record alone means that clubs will be keeping an eye on him.

He was the one player I genuinely felt sorry for after Tuesday’s defeat to Malmo, he couldn’t have tried any harder to get us through to the next round and, but for one poor decision to shoot rather than play a square pass to Scott Arfield or Joe Aribo, it might have been a different story.

His social media posts were taken by some as a ‘self before team’ attitude when in reality, all he was doing was ticking off another landmark, he has proven that he can raise his game to another level for the Champions League – albeit he only had one game in which to prove it.

A soft yellow card in the first half might have caused concern a couple of seasons ago but, at 25-years old, he has a maturity that was previously missing from his game, he is now an improved player to the one that Stewart Robertson claimed would only be sold for £20million or more.

Porto still have some way to go if they are to match this valuation – a £10m bid rejected already and reports on social media suggesting a £13.5m one is now on the cards – and seem intent in trying to get him on the cheap, it just isn’t going to happen, as football finance expert, Kieran Maguire, revealed to This is Ibrox, player sales would be nice but not “essential” to balance the books.

He remains the jewel in the crown of the Rangers squad and his sale, whenever it happens, should set the benchmark for future departures, firing us into the group stages of the Europa League first of all would be a good way to add a few more pounds on to his price tag though.