Rangers podcast and Ibrox official media partners Heart & Hand have reacted to an Instagram post from striker Alfredo Morelos on Thursday. 

The lowdown

Morelos has already been ruled out for the remainder of the 2021/22 campaign through injury.

He damaged his thigh while on international duty with Colombia in March, and had to undergo season-ending surgery in early April (via The Athletic).

That of course means the Colombian, who's scored 113 goals in 224 appearances for the club, will be a spectator for Wednesday's Europa League final meeting with Eintracht Frankfurt.

And he's also been reduced to a watching role domestically as Celtic have retaken the Scottish Premiership title with a game to spare.

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The latest

Heart & Hand tweeted a screenshot from Morelos' Instagram story showing him working in a gym in Rangers training gear with the caption 'Vamos'.

"Don't do this to us Alfie," the club's podcaster wrote.

The verdict

It really is a great shame that Morelos will be missing in Seville.

He's Rangers' all-time top European goalscorer, and it will hurt both the player and the supporters that he can't participate in their first continental final since 2008.

And to make matters worse, Giovanni van Bronckhorst is also sweating on the fitness of another striker, Kemar Roofe, ahead of the clash with Frankfurt.

As of Thursday, he'd still not returned to training, and so he's very much running out of time.

Morelos is Rangers' joint-top scorer with 16 (tied with James Tavernier), while Roofe is only one behind. Could the loss of 31 goals worth' of firepower prove a decisive factor in the final?

In other news, this Gers defender is now attracting Premier League interest