Alfredo Morelos speaks his Rangers exit 'truth' as Santos star thankful he'll forever be an Ibrox idol

Alfredo Morelos is happy he's achieved 'idol' status at Rangers - but says he's quite pleased to have landed on his feet with a move to Santos.

The 27-year-old has had a rough time of it in recent seasons, leaving Ibrox on a free after his contract expired and spending much of the summer knocking heads with his agent trying to resolve his future. A move to Russia was floated before a switch to Santos gathered legs, but he appeared set to leave the Brazilian giants after their bombshell relegation from the top flight.

They kept him around in the end after he thrashed out a new contract - dramatically cutting his weekly salary in exchange for a deal heavily incentivised by goal bonuses. And that is showing early signs of paying off after the Colombian netted his first goal for Santos last week to end a ten-month goalscoring drought, his last goal coming for Rangers last April.

He's overcome his battles with injury and he insists he's turned the corner in an extensive interview in South America after admitting he loved his time at Ibrox. Morelos said: "I came to Santos from a very big club, Rangers, in Scotland. And I had a very good season there, both in the Europa League and the Champions League. I grew as a player and there were six very good seasons for me, scoring a lot of goals. But I didn't renew my contract with Rangers and the decision was to come here to Santos.

"The truth was I was happy with the opportunity to come to Santos, it's also a very big club in South America, a club that has a lot of history because of the great players who played here and the history of the club is interesting. It captured my attention. I knew I was signing for a very big club.

"I am very happy to have scored my first ever goal for