Dave King reveals Alfredo Morelos Rangers inside track but points to Ryan Kent 'cash for cash' conundrum

Dave King wrote the £1million cheque that brought Alfredo Morelos to Ibrox.

For a man who has poured massive sums into Rangers over the last 25 years with so far comparatively little return, this may be the one transaction he can look on as actually having produced value for money. Over five and a bit years, the Colombian has repaid that seven-figure outlay with a rich return of 113 goals - including a club record European haul - plus a first league title in a decade and a Scottish Cup.

Yet with his contract dwindling and his attitude and fitness levels called into question by his boss Gio van Bronckhorst after yet another red card, Morelos’ worth to Rangers in a financial sense has recently been heading in only one direction. It’s the same too with Ryan Kent, who has joined the temperamental talisman Morelos in entering the final year of his current deal. The £7million winger’s form seems to fluctuate almost as erratically as the stroppy striker’s mood swings.

Yet when both are fit and firing, they remain undoubtedly as Gers’ most treasured possessions. The duo will stay on at Ibrox for another few months at least after Thursday’s transfer window closed without an offer for their services materialising.

But the fact that the Ibrox board have allowed two of their most marketable stars to reach a point where they can walk away for nothing next summer remains a point of concern for the supporters - the same fans who feel they are being short changed by the club’s failure this week to add to their seven new recruits despite having banked almost £100million from the sales of Nathan Patterson, Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey combined with their team’s European exploits this season and last.

But it’s no surprise to former