Graeme Murty believes Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos can do more

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Morelos is expected to start for Rangers against Celtic on Sunday afternoon.

Rangers manager Graeme Murty believes there is more to come from striker Alfredo Morelos, as he told the Gers’ official website that the summer signing is capable of being even better.

The 21-year-old continues to top the Rangers goalscoring charts for the season with 18 strikes in 38 league and cup encounters, in what remains his first season at Ibrox since joining the club under Pedro Caixinha.

His impressive first season in Scottish football has even attracted interest from the Chinese Super League, though Rangers turned down multiple bids that the Scottish Sun claim went as high as £11million.

But Murty, whose own future remains in doubt at Ibrox as he is only contracted until the end of the season, believes Morelos can do better and has backed himself to get more out of the Colombian forward.

“He has also played a vital role in getting Jamie’s goal, because he goes and nicks the ball and some of his stuff was good, albeit he can do better,” Murty said.

“I still believe there is more to come from him, I still believe there is a lot of development we can get into it, but he keeps on getting in the right places.

“If he keeps on getting in the right places consistently and trying to use his attributes a little bit more, I believe we can get more output from him.”

Morelos continues to be picked ahead of January loan signing Jason Cummings, while Eduardo Herrera’s future at Rangers is seemingly in doubt as he remains well down the pecking order.

Former HJK Helsinki powerhouse Morelos is expected to start ahead of Sunday’s Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic at Hampden Park, as the Gers look to stop Celtic from completing a second successive treble.