His departure will not contribute a single penny to club coffers – but Michael Beale has no doubt Alfredo Morelos ’ Ibrox legacy will be valued by the Rangers faithful for years to come. Time is almost up for the Colombian as his long goodbye to Glasgow enters its final fortnight.
There was a point when Gers chiefs expected to welcome in a 30-fold return on the £800,000 investment they made in the then unheard of 20-year-old Helsinki hitman back in 2017. Bids from China and France have been rebuffed in the years in between while the Light Blues board held out for the payday they’d convinced themselves would surely come.
But those windfall hopes have long since faded, diminishing every day that they’ve scored off dates on the South American’s dwindling contract. The countdown clock is now down to the last dozen days and today he’ll have his final crack at Celtic.
