Alfredo Morelos is “increasingly likely” to leave Rangers at the end of the season, according to Sky Sports.
The broadcaster claim the Colombian striker is set to sever his ties with the Glasgow club despite signing a four-year contract in September of last year.
Sky report Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund and Premier League club Leicester City are among those monitoring the situation of the 22-year-old.
OPINION
This report will worry Rangers fans more than ever. Sky’s reputation for credibility and accuracy when it comes to transfer reports is such that no Bear can take this update on Morelos anything over than seriously. The striker lit the blue touchpaper himself last week in a series of interviews with the media in his native Colombia, as he explained the interest in his services from clubs across the globe. Sky have gone even further by saying it is more likely than not that Rangers’ 28-goal top scorer and the outstanding player in Scotland this season won’t be at Ibrox in 2019-20. Interest in Morelos has intensified in recent windows, despite the player’s propensity for getting red and yellow cards, and drawing the ire of officialdom. Can Rangers hope to hang on to Morelos? Well, the four-year contract he signed last September gives the club a strong hand in negotiations and means Stewart Robertson’s claim the player is worth £20million, the same fee Celtic got for Moussa Dembele, is not unreasonable. There would need to be, however, a club willing to pay that.