It's a decision no more appealing than being asked to choose which of your fingers you’d like chopped off. But the growing likelihood is that Rangers boss Gio van Bronckhorst will have to make his mind up this summer on which of his key match-winning talents he can most afford to do without.
The Dutchman faces an impossible conundrum in the weeks ahead now that Alfredo Morelos, Ryan Kent and Joe Aribo have entered the final 12 months of their Ibrox contracts. If extensions cannot be agreed, the Gers gaffer must either opt to cash in this window or risk losing a multi-million-pound bonanza next May when this fabulously talented triumvirate would be entitled to walk out onto Edmiston Drive and off into the distance without having to toss a single penny into the Ibrox coffers on their way out.
There may be a justification in taking a hit and holding on to one, perhaps even two, as their contracts run down but the financial imperatives mean the Rangers board are likely to want some kind of return on their investments before the current window slams shut.
