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Back in the summer, South American Twitter account De Primeira – whose biography states that they reveal exclusive content – reported that Crystal Palace were interested in signing Rangers forward Alfredo Morelos.
The Colombia international even retweeted the story himself on his official Twitter account, which turned the speculation up a few notches.
Another outlet named Rincon Escoces, which delivers Scottish football news in Spanish, also reported that the forward’s representative had ‘transmitted’ the Eagles’ interest in his client over to Rangers.
However, the interest failed to materialise into anything concrete from the Eagles, and Morelos remained with the Gers.
How has he done since?
Since the transfer window slammed shut, the 23-year-old has carried on his scintillating form from last season.
In the 2018/19 campaign, Morelos scored an eye-catching 30 goals in 48 games for the Scottish giants, while also recording 11 assists.
So far in the current campaign, the prolific marksman has found the back of the net 11 times in 14 games, with three assists also tucked firmly under his belt.
Crystal Palace should’ve made good on their interest
It doesn’t take a genius to work out that the south Londoners should have made good on their interest in the Rangers frontman, especially given their start to the season under Roy Hodgson.
The former England manager has seen his team score just four goals in six league games this term, the least of any side in the Premier League – Newcastle and Watford have also netted the same amount.
Out of their three strikers, only Jordan Ayew has scored for Palace this season with two strikes – Christian Benteke has once again been misfiring with zero goals so far and Connor Wickham has played just 15 minutes.
So, with that information in mind, coupled with the fact that Morelos has netted almost three times the amount of goals that Palace have scored collectively this term, it’s clear the Eagles should have tried harder to bring Morelos south of the border.
Perhaps he could have transformed their fortunes at Selhurst Park.