One thing that the appointment of Michael Beale will have is on potential new contracts, Ryan Kent, in particular, could well be rejuvenated by the return of the coach who believed he was good enough for Rangers in the first place.
If the odds of Kent staying have shortened, things don’t look quite as good for Alfredo Morelos, however, the training video released by the club suggests that he has finally found his shooting boots.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Kris Boyd agrees with this theory and that we could be about to see Kent returning to his best form with Morelos potentially heading out the door:
“While the end of Morelos’ Rangers career could be nearing, I think Beale’s arrival will strengthen the case to keep Kent at the club. Beale knows the player really well and was one of the reasons he signed at Ibrox in the first place.
“I think it’s fair if the players’ representatives want to see what else is out there in January but I think Beale could get the best out of Kent, who in recent weeks has shown he could be getting back to the levels we all know he is capable of.”
Beale has said that he will implement different ideas from the ones that he did when he was working under Steven Gerrard, however, you would expect to see Kent being allowed more freedom to cut inside and get into better goalscoring positions.
What the future holds for Morelos is really anybody’s guess, nobody knows what he is thinking in terms of where he will be playing his football next season but, if he doesn’t get his finger out in the second half of the season, he’ll struggle to get time on the pitch, never mind a new contract.