KRIS BOYD has slammed the behaviour of Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos - saying the Colombian's attitude has been "appalling" and "disgraceful".

The Rangers striker was left out of Steven Gerrard's squad as they bounced back to winning ways against Kilmarnock last weekend.

Reports have suggested that Morelos has put in a formal transfer request to leave Ibrox and Gers hero Boyd insists his former club should get rid of him in quick time.

"It is one of those things that is really starting to annoy me now," Boyd told Sky Sports.

"We have said for a number of months now that Alfredo Morelos, when he is playing well, he can be a handful.

"But the other side of this is when he is not playing, he can be a hindrance. It was after the Livingston game, there was a little glimpse of it against St Johnstone in the midweek fixture that his attitude coming off the pitch was not good enough and I felt the exact same at Livingston.

"I think his attitude has been disgraceful the last few weeks and for me personally, top players when they get a move work harder, they show their qualities and that has not been the case with Morelos.

"Now Steven Gerrard has had enough of it. You have to remember that people will turn round and say this has been going on for a while, so why has Gerrard not dealt with it, nothing has changed?

"Well, the simple reason he has not dealt with it is he has nobody else to put in. Now he has people who can replace Morelos with. We seen that on the weekend with Kemar Roofe's first start and scoring.

"Now he can get him out of the road and if he is not pulling his weight in training, like every other player, if you are not pulling your weight in training, then you should not be anywhere near the first team.

"And I think that is now the case, Gerrard has had enough of him and it is now up to Rangers to go and agree a deal with someone.

"I know the Lille saga keeps on rolling on, but it is going to have to be dealt with because the sooner Morelos is out the building, the better because he is going to be more of a hindrance now because his attitude over the last few weeks has been nothing short of appalling."