Rangers make move for Preston striker – planning for life without Morelos?

As we reported a few weeks ago, Rangers are bizarrely interested again in the services of Louis Moult, with the latest on the story claiming the 25-year old striker is a summer target and open to the move.

We find this story odd – we are completely in favour of signing him, but we were supposed to do that in January before losing interest and letting the lad go to England instead.

Now, after a weak spell with Preston, Moult is back on our radar?

The whole thing doesn’t really add up, but there you have it.

Anyway, Moult marauded the SPL up till January, and was top scorer to boot, in a, at the time, out-of-form Motherwell, hence Alex Neil Preston came in and clinched his services for a reported £500,000.

It hasn’t worked out down south for the forward, and Rangers have long viewed him as the natural successor to Kenny Miller, therefore are taking the opportunity to make a move for him in lieu of rebuilding for next season.

It does, of course, throw up another key question; is the move for Moult a strong sign Rangers intend to cash in on Alfredo Morelos?

The Colombian signed a new deal to much fanfare some weeks ago, but overlooked by most was that it was a mere year extension and conceivably on a higher wage – it really only meant Morelos would get a higher wage while Rangers secured him for a higher transfer fee in the summer. Even the player’s own comments explicitly excluded any notion of staying long term:

“I am very happy to have signed a new contract with Rangers. I know how important the club is in Scotland, how many titles that it has won and how much history that it has. I am really happy here and I am working hard for the team. I love it when the fans show their support to me and sing to me. I’m really grateful for their support and want to repay them with performances on the pitch.”

About as bland and generic as it gets. Rangers clearly know he sees his future elsewhere and the move for Moult could well be gearing up for that and the end of Kenny’s career too.

Are Rangers looking at a Moult/Cummings partnership up front?

Rangers are clearly planning for the new campaign already and this is the first sign of that.