Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos has been handed an international call-up by Colombia, alongside Galatasaray star Radamel Falcao.
Morelos played the majority of the Gers’ Europa League qualifying win over the Turkish giants on Thursday night, while Falcao endured a frustrating 90 minutes for the opposition.
The two-time Europa League winner was well marshalled by Filip Helander and Connor Goldson and barely had a sighting at Allan McGregor’s goal.
Carlos Quieroz is excited by the prospect of the two strikers playing in the same team [Scottish Sun], though, and has handed both players call-ups for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Chile.
The two stars are at opposite ends of their international careers, with 89-cap Falcao his country’s record all-time goalscorer and 7-cap El Bufalo only having one goal to his name for La Tricolor.
Morelos won’t walk into the starting XI, either, given that Atalanta duo Duvan Zapata and Luis Muriel are also in the squad, alongside Porto striker Luis Diaz.
James Rodriguez has thrived in the early stages of the current Premier League season with Everton and the no.10 is also included as a forward.
Yet, while it has been over 10 months since Colombia last played a senior international, Morelos led the line for Quieroz in that friendly win against Ecuador, and he’ll be hoping for more playing time later this month.
The player took to Twitter on Friday afternoon to celebrate his call-up.
Morelos has been linked with a move away from Ibrox throughout the summer but with only a matter of days remaining before the window shuts, as things stand, he’s still very much a Rangers player.
