Dave King wrote the £1million cheque that brought Alfredo Morelos to Ibrox.
For a man who has poured massive sums into Rangers over the last 25 years with so far comparatively little return, this may be the one transaction he can look on as actually having produced value for money. Over five and a bit years, the Colombian has repaid that seven-figure outlay with a rich return of 113 goals - including a club record European haul - plus a first league title in a decade and a Scottish Cup.
Yet with his contract dwindling and his attitude and fitness levels called into question by his boss Gio van Bronckhorst after yet another red card, Morelos’ worth to Rangers in a financial sense has recently been heading in only one direction. It’s the same too with Ryan Kent, who has joined the temperamental talisman Morelos in entering the final year of his current deal. The £7million winger’s form seems to fluctuate almost as erratically as the stroppy striker’s mood swings.
