Alex Rae’s fears over Ibrox strikers

Alex Rae has speculated on Kemar Roofe and Alfredo Morelos leaving Ibrox this summer. 

The chunky Colombian is entering the final year of his contract while Roofe has been dogged by fitness issues, leaving Giovanni van Bronckhorst without a striker for the vital end of season matches. 

Naturally there is virtually no interest in signing either player with the hype and moonbeams centred on Calvin Bassey leaving for a Kieran Tierney fee. 

Sunderland’s Ross Stewart has been linked with a move to Ibrox but after helping his club to win promotion back to The Championship there is likely to be other English sides looking at the former Ross County striker. 

Rae watched last season end in tears at Ibrox as Celtic won back the SPFL Premiership trophy and is already concerned over the way next season is shaping up. 

Looking at the prospect of Stewart moving to Ibrox he told the Daily Record:  

It will all come down to finance. He’s coming into the last year of his contract down there and I’m sure that will have a bearing on things.

What’s probably more important as to whether this deal happens is what happens at Rangers. For example, does Alfredo Morelos extend his contract?

He’s looking like he’s getting back up to speed after his injury judging by his social media posts of him working out. They have to decide what they’re going to do with Kemar Roofe too. 

There’s a few things at play here in relation to who they let go this summer but I’ve liked big Stewart since his Ross County days. I think he’s got good attributes and we’ve seen him score a variety of goals over the past year in League One. 

He’s been introduced to life at a big club with his Sunderland move. There’s no denying that in terms of the numbers of fans and the expectation to win, especially with them being in League one after four years, there are similarities to Rangers. 

Over the last three transfer windows the Ibrox club haven’t paid a transfer fee of over £300,000.