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·16 August 2022

New Rangers deals for Kent & Alfie on one condition

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It has become clear now that the simple reason Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos have not signed their new deals yet is they are waiting to see if we secure Champions League this season.

For young talented men with their careers ahead of them, signing the deal already only to be ‘trapped’ to another season of SPL and Europa League football would simply not be enticing.


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As we’ve explained before regarding Kent, he’s happy at Ibrox and wants to stay, but after 4 years with the club, he would love to be rewarded with the CL this season, and is holding off a new deal for that reason. It’s understandable.

Morelos isn’t really that much different – like Kent he’d love to play in the PL and he’s never been shy about that, but the one thing which would trump that would be the CL.

For Aribo the potential of that wasn’t enough, and he chose the PL when the chance came up, but for Kent and Morelos, nothing tempting has surfaced and Rangers in the UCL is on the horizon.

But we need to get there.

If Rangers prevail over PSV to make the UCL group stage, Kent and Morelos will surely both sign on the dotted line.

Gio said a few weeks ago he hoped for Alfie to sign a new deal ‘in the next couple of weeks‘, but it hasn’t materialised yet, and clearly the Colombian, like Kent, is waiting to secure UCL before committing pen to paper.

It is of course a big ask – PSV are a hell of a team and this isn’t Kansas any more.

But hopefully Rangers defy the odds once more, get into the groups, and Kent and Alfie commit for longer.

Fingers crossed.

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