Alfredo is vital: I don’t think Rangers can sell Morelos in January even for £50m, says Kris Boyd

Rangers need to look at how much Morelos is worth to us. Already his goals are earning us millions in the Europa League. If he helps us to win the League and get to the the Champions League, that’s more millions. We could wipe out any debt by keeping him for another year and hopefully playing in the Champions League. It would be a gamble to sell him and find a replacement. We would also have the problem of the selling clubs looking at the money we got for Morelos, and the valuations of players that we would be interested in, would rocket, as they would think, ‘they can afford it’.
 
He's basically trotted out the same column Sutton did two weeks ago saying Celtic cannot afford to sell Edouard in January, even for £50m.

FWIW it's worth, selling Morelos in January should be non negotiable unless we are offered insane money and by that we're talking £30m+
 
Let’s be honest.

Sell Morelos for ANY price in January and we are selling the season.

He MUST stay until the end of the season then okay we can consider £30 million.

Unfortunately that is the harsh reality facing every Rangers fan.

Without a doubt selling Alfie in January all but hands the title to Celtic but can the Board afford to turn their backs on a £25m + bid.

SG has dropped a few hints in past week that suggest that Alfie will not leave until end of season and that must surely come from both the board and player. If Alfie truly wants away mid season but is refused he could down tools and be useless to us.
 
Alfie improving all the time, he took as much pleasure in his assist for SD goal as he did from scoring his own. He appears happy but big offer may unsettle him
 
I think there is a reasonable chance a club will buy him in January and loan him back for the rest of the season. He is on track to score how many? 40 odd if he carries on as he is? He is receiving call-ups as the only 9 in the Colombia squad, regularly winning and assisting in Europe and doing the business domestically. the best way to steal a march on competitors and to keep the price down for a potential buyer is to get business tied up in January for him. It might work out as the best idea for us too, in that his focus will not be on potential moves and we will have an end to the interminable speculation. The downside might be that he starts to dip in form or try to protect himself for his move.


As supporters we need to keep in mind that the whole situation is a very difficult one for the board and manager to handle. There are so many factors beyond us just wanting to keep a real talent that they need to consider and while as a supporter it is really easy to say '£20 million is not enough for January', if you have already loaned the club £30 million and are looking at another couple of years of more, it is not so cut and dried. That is before you factor in whatever has been said to the player, his ambitions and the over-all health of the club.
 
Thank fvck Rangers didn’t sell him for £9m to the Chinese couple of years ago, if the rumours flying around at that time were to be believed.
 
I'd bite your hand off for £50 million in January. Don't forget we can use that money to buy a replacement and financially secure our future.
 
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