The Scotsman

Morelos shows his worth but h

● Colombian’s cameo appearance clinches the win for Rangers over Livingston but it also highlighte­d the Glasgow club’s over-reliance on the striker

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Candeias 20, Morelos 83, Arfield 88 21-year-old fits the bill according to a current Anfield loanee gaining game time at Rangers in midfielder Ovie Ejaria. The Ibrox club are unlikely to fit the bill for Solanke, or Liverpool in return, with both footballin­g and financial considerat­ions appearing to count out any such switch.

“Dom is a very good player, I’ve known him for a very long time. He’s another goalscorer, he scores a lot of goals so if he was to come to Rangers in January it would be a very good addition to the squad,” said Ejaria when Solanke’s name was floated. “Rangers are a very good club and I’ve enjoyed my time here so far and if I was to speak to him about it I would only have good things to say about Rangers. It would also increase the strength in depth of the squad and he would be a very good addition – and don’t forget Kyle Lafferty, who’s another top striker. That would be really good.”

Yet, Ejaria believes that the current pool available to Gerrard can threaten Celtic’s title hegemony. It is Brendan Rodgers’ side’s participat­ion in Sunday’s Betfred Cup final that offers Rangers the chance to move

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