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Mark Walker & Gavin Berry

Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos in Copa America sweat as Covid blow could mean missing out on tournament dream

Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos faces a Copa America sweat with boss Reinaldo Rueda admitting he will assess him next week to see if he'll be included in the squad for Brazil.

The Ibrox hitman is isolating in his homeland after testing positive for Covid for ten days and will miss their World Cup qualifier against Peru.

However, Rueda has admitted they will need to check on Morelos' fitness to see if he will be risked for next week's World Cup qualifiers against Argentina and the Copa America tournament this month.

He said: "Alfredo Morelos will be evaluated as soon as we return to Colombia when it reaches the tenth day he will have been in isolation.

"He has been doing physical work in his own room and we will need to assess him then and do tests on him.
"Based on the test results, we will make decisions on whether he can rejoin the squad.

"At the moment he is in good health."

Rangers star Morelos has scored just one goal for the South American country in his ten appearances for them and will be desperate to try and add to that if he is passed fit to play.

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