Alfredo Morelos and the lasting Rangers legacy laid bare as Michael Beale points to 2 'fond memories'

His departure will not contribute a single penny to club coffers – but Michael Beale has no doubt Alfredo Morelos ’ Ibrox legacy will be valued by the Rangers faithful for years to come. Time is almost up for the Colombian as his long goodbye to Glasgow enters its final fortnight.

There was a point when Gers chiefs expected to welcome in a 30-fold return on the £800,000 investment they made in the then unheard of 20-year-old Helsinki hitman back in 2017. Bids from China and France have been rebuffed in the years in between while the Light Blues board held out for the payday they’d convinced themselves would surely come.

But those windfall hopes have long since faded, diminishing every day that they’ve scored off dates on the South American’s dwindling contract. The countdown clock is now down to the last dozen days and today he’ll have his final crack at Celtic.

You wouldn’t be best served by recounting Morelos’ troubled run-ins with the neighbours from across the city to tell the full story of his time at Rangers. Europe, on the other hand, has been a far better setting to judge his talents and when he does ultimately walk out the front door on to Edmiston Drive for the final time, he’ll disappear off into the sunset with the club’s European goalscoring record.

But regardless of how his closing clash with the other half of the Old Firm goes, boss Beale is adamant it won’t impact his place in Rangers history that’s long since been secured. The Londoner said: “His legacy is being part of an invincible league winning side and that won’t happen for a long, long time. Or ever again.

“He was a key part of that team and he’s also now the club’s record European goalscorer. We paid £800,000 for an unknown boy from Helsinki and