Alfredo Morelos over-reliance at Rangers is a thing of the past and striker needs to grow up - Keith Jackson

When he’s good he’s close to priceless. But when he’s bad he’s more trouble than he’s worth.

That’s the conundrum of Alfredo Morelos and the dilemma which, much to his credit, Giovanni van Bronckhorst has chosen to confront head on. By taking the buffalo by the horns last week, van Bronckhorst sent out a very clear message that the manchild tendencies will no longer be tolerated, far less excused. Over the course of the next three days it will become obvious how the Dutchman has decided to deal with this notoriously combustible Colombian. Morelos will either be sold before the transfer window shuts on Thursday night and become some other manager’s problem to solve.

Or he will knuckle down under van Bronckhorst and finally achieve his long, burning ambition by showcasing his undoubted talents on the greatest stage of them all in the Champions League? That Rangers got there by dismantling PSV Eindhoven without him should serve as a wake-up call for the 26-year-old.

Either way, will the real Alfredo Morelos please grow up? The penny must surely have dropped over these last few days along with a realisation that Rangers are no longer entirely dependent upon his prolific instinct for scoring goals.

With Antonio Colak getting off to a blistering start in the No9 shirt, for the first time in his five years in Glasgow, Morelos is no longer the be-all-and-end-all solution to leading the Rangers attack. So now that this unhealthy over-reliance has come to an end, so too must all the over-indulgence which went with it.

Right from the start, following his £1m move from HJK Helsinki, Morelos developed a habit for infuriating his teammates, with a selfish indiscipline. And yet, the more he bailed them out by hitting the back of