Rangers star Alfredo Morelos is NOT worth more than £9million, says ex-Gers striker Kevin Kyle
Former Rangers striker Kevin Kyle believes Alfredo Morelos is worth just £9million.
The 22-year-old has scored 26 goals for Steven Gerrard’s side this season and has been linked with summer moves to China and France.
Rangers have reportedly slapped a £20million price tag on Morelos, the same figure Lyon paid Celtic for Moussa Dembele last summer.
But Kyle, who played at Ibrox during the 2012/13 season, thinks Colombia international Morelos is worth less than half that fee.
He told : "It's like a house, you are only as valued at what someone is willing to pay for it.
"If you could get Morelos for anything between £5million-£10million you'd take him.
"You see some of the players who go for £20million, £30million, £40million and you never hear of them again. They've got their move and got their cash and that's it.
"But Morelos is 22 years old and has his whole career ahead of him and in striker terms you get better as you get older.
"I just think with Morelos there is huge potential.
"If you can get him for £8million/£9million and then work towards a package that helps the club towards the future then yeah.”
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Despite his goalscoring form, Morelos’ discipline on the pitch has been a problem for Rangers.
He picked up his fourth red card of the season against Aberdeen last month.
And at the time, his manager Gerrard said: “I'm doing everything in my power to help the kid grow.
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”I haven't had the chance to analyse the incident so I can't tell you if Scott (McKenna) deserved a red or whether Alfredo did. They've had a fantastic battle up until that point.
"But if Alfredo is in the wrong, he'll deserve the red card. He'll then be missing for two games and that's how he'll get punished because he hates missing games."