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title: "Exclusive: Ball adamant it would be great if Morelos stayed at Rangers for another year"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Caleb Sage"
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published: "2021-07-06T05:10:34Z"
modified: "2021-07-06T05:10:34Z"
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# Exclusive: Ball adamant it would be great if Morelos stayed at Rangers for another year

**Former Rangers defender Michael Ball has told [The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/) in an exclusive interview that it would be great if Alfredo Morelos stayed at Ibrox for one more year.**

Morelos was subject of heavy interest last summer, with Ligue 1 champions Lille having a [£16m bid turned down](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/alfredo-morelos-lille-latest-club-22551554) for the player.

In the end, Morelos remained at Rangers, but the 25-year-old forward is now being linked with a move to Porto.

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[The Scottish Sun](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/7314294/rangers-warn-porto-miles-alfredo-morelos-transfer-fee/), however, claims the Glasgow club are optimistic about their chances of keeping him for another season, and Ball can only see that as being a positive.

*“It’d be great for Rangers if he stayed for one more year,”* the retired full-back exclusively told **TT**. *“I think it’d be good for him to show everyone that it wasn’t just a one-off season, that he can do it again \[help them to another league title\].*

*“I can see him moving on, but hopefully he stays on this season and he can get back-to-back Championships.”*

Morelos will only have a year left on his [contract](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alfredo-morelos/profil/spieler/338962) next summer, while his [disciplinary record](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alfredo-morelos/profil/spieler/338962) also remains a concern, so you can understand if Rangers did decide to sell him in the current transfer window.

That being said, with his [goal record](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alfredo-morelos/leistungsdaten/spieler/338962) in Scotland, Morelos is by no means a player Rangers will be desperate to get rid of, so the Colombia international sticking around for another season probably is a good thing.