Rangers star branded “disgraceful” by ex-Ger after latest controversy

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Former Rangers striker Kris Boyd has hammered current Ibrox striker Alfredo Morelos for his attitude amidst interest from Ligue 1 side Lille, branding the player “disgraceful”.

The ex-Gers poacher was speaking to Sky Sports about the Colombian as Steven Gerrard dropped him from the squad for the 2-0 win against Kilmarnock at the weekend.

With Gerrard saying Morelos made it “easy” to drop him with his application in training over last week, pundit Boyd has also described the 24-year-old’s behaviour as “appalling”.

“It is one of those things that is really starting to annoy me now,” explained Boyd [Sky Sports].

“We have said for a number of months now that Alfredo Morelos, when he is playing well, he can be a handful.

“But the other side of this is when he is not playing, he can be a hindrance.

“I think his attitude has been disgraceful the last few weeks and for me personally, top players when they get a move work harder, they show their qualities and that has not been the case with Morelos.

“Now that Steven Gerrard has had enough of it.

“Now he has people who can replace Morelos with. We seen that on the weekend with Kemar Roofe’s first start and scoring.

“Now he can get him out of the road and if he is not pulling his weight in training, like every other player, if you are not pulling your weight in training, then you should not be anywhere near the first team.

“And I think that is now the case, Gerrard has had enough of him and it is now up to Rangers to go and agree a deal with someone.

“I know the Lille saga keeps on rolling on, but it is going to have to be dealt with because the sooner Morelos is out the building, the better because he is going to be more of a hindrance now because his attitude over the last few weeks has been nothing short of appalling.”

Reports coming out of Colombia have suggested that a deal has been agreed with Lille over the transfer of Morelos to the tune of £18m (€20m).

Those claims suggest that the situation involving Morelos’ future and a move to Les Dogues will be resolved by this Friday

But reports in Scotland have refuted those claims with the suggestion from the Daily Record being that the player will be available for selection for the weekend’s trip to Hamilton.