Hardline Rangers fanatic stews over Morelos and Kent farewell as plan for pair leaves him queasy – Hotline

There's bound to be a few fond farewells bid at Ibrox on Wednesday night as the curtain drops on a number of Rangers careers.

But the Ibrox faithful calling the Hotline appear split over which of their departing stars will be given a warm send-off as Michael Beale’s team host Hearts in their final home game of the campaign. Gary Stevenson, Newtonhill, said: “I was disappointed to hear Michael Beale say that he would give the Rangers support the chance to bid farewell to Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent on Wednesday. I hope that does not mean they will be given minutes. Both players have tried to hold Rangers to ransom and can easily relay a message through Rangers TV. They will both soon realise their mistake and will be begging to return by Christmas.”

But Lawrence Dunlop emailed in: “I’ll be so sad to see Morelos and Kent go. This season hasn’t panned out as we would have hoped but those two players have given the Ibrox support so many special memories down the years and deserve the chance to wave goodbye during the Hearts game. It’s bound to be an emotional night with the likes of Allan McGregor and potentially Scott Arfield leaving too. Hopefully we get a good result to mark the occasion.”

Meanwhile, George Wilson’s claim in Monday’s Hotline that Celtic have been a Euro “laughing stock” for the past 20 years continues to stir a reaction.

Henry Moffat, Stirling, was first to bite, saying: “You can really sense the fear in caller George Wilson’s words as he slowly realises that Celtic could be about to secure a world-record eighth Treble in the same season that Rangers became a laughing stock across world football for becoming the worst team in Champions League history. What a double celebration that would be!”

Bud Hay,