Charlie Nicholas reckons Rangers should START Alfredo Morelos against PSV in the Netherlands - and then get rid of him while he remains a sellable asset.
The Light Blues striker lasted just 13 minutes from the bench in the weekend draw at Easter Road with Hibs before he was shown a straight red card by referee Willie Collum. The Ibrox men ended the game with just nine men with John Lundstram earlier handed his marching orders - with the club since appealing that decision for 'wrongful dismissal'.
But it is the Colombian hitman who concerns former Celtic striker Nicholas. He admits he is always capable of producing something good but at the same time he is a risk and Giovanni van Bronckhorst should look to move him before the summer window slams shut. Speaking in his Scottish Daily Express column, he said: " Rangers should start Alfredo Morelos against PSV tomorrow and then sell him before the transfer window closes next week.
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"I would play him in the second leg of the Champions League play-off because if he does come up trumps then there's no better way to put himself in the shop window. That's the crazy thing about Morelos.
"He is always capable of doing something really good. But he is a risk and Rangers need to get rid of the Colombian striker while he remains a sellable asset.
"People have talked about Morelos being a £20m player. Maybe that was the case a couple of seasons ago but if Rangers could get £10m with add-ons they should take it.
"Somebody will sign him - perhaps a club in Spain like Real Betis or another team at a similar level from a decent European league. But Rangers need to get rid of Morelos.
"He got himself sent off just 13 minutes after coming off the bench at Easter Road last weekend after catching Hibs defender Marijan Cabraja with a flailing arm. It was a soft ordering-off but by the letter of the law it was a red-card offence.
"His behaviour concerns me because that impetuousness is still in his DNA. When he came on last Saturday, it looked like Morelos was in a huff from being an unused sub in last week's first leg against PSV at Ibrox.
"I reckon Giovanni van Bronckhorst has taken a good look at the situation and decided that he isn't prepared to go through what his managerial predecessor did. Morelos has been a liability too often.
"He had Steven Gerrard on the verge of potentially losing his job before Gers won the title in 2021. Gerrard had to put his neck on the line and swallow a lot of pain because of the South American's indiscipline. Van Bronckhorst doesn't need to do that now."
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