Kevin Kyle believes Morelos is worth nowhere near reported £20m valuation

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Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos isn’t worth £20 million according to Kevin Kyle.

The former Light Blues player, who represented the club for the 2012/13 season and scored just three goals, has waded in on the speculation linking the Colombian with a move to Leciester City this summer.

Sky Sports have reported that Morelos is a target for the Foxes, even before Brendan Rodgers became the club’s new manager.

Borussia Dortmund are also said to be interested in the star, who has 28 goals already this term.

Morelos, a £1m snip signing from HJK in 2017, is unlikely to remain at Ibrox beyond the summer of 2019 given his rich vein of goalscoring form in Scotland.

It could well be that a bidding war will commmence for his services, but Kyle says he couldn’t pay the supposed £20 million valuation.

‘I wouldn’t take him for that’

He told Open Goal, as quoted by The Scottish Sun:”If you could get Morelos for anything between £5-10 million you’d take him.

“You see some of the players who go for 20, 30, 40 million and you never hear of them again. They’ve got their move and got their cash and that’s it. I wouldn’t take him for that (£20 million).

“If you can get him for £8-9 million and then work towards a package that helps the club towards the future then yeah.”

It was recently reported that Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson would want a similar fee for Morelos to what Celtic commanded for a similar player in Moussa Dembele (Sky Sports).

Whatever Morelos is worth, he’ll certainly be difficult to replace at Ibox if he does jump ship in favour of a new challenge this summer.