Rangers striker Jermain Defoe has praised his teammate Alfredo Morelos.

The sharp shooter is wanted by a host of clubs, including Aston Villa, Leicester City and Atletico Madrid.

And Defoe believes Morelos would score in any league around the world.

"He's really impressed me - he's a natural goalscorer - I think people need to understand that he is still young," he told Sky Sports.

"He has made mistakes, but he is still young, he is still learning. He has impressed me. I feel like this season, particularly the first part of the season, he improved a lot. His link up play, he was keeping the ball for us, scoring goals and just his all-round game had improved so much.

"Even away from that, he is funny in the changing room, as you can imagine, he's a character. He is a nice guy.

"It is difficult for him because he is Colombian, his family are not here. He is here with his wife and sometimes she goes back and sees her family so sometimes he is just here on his own and it is really difficult for Alfredo and obviously we try and help him because he is a young lad, but he is a top, top player, a natural goalscorer.

"I feel like he would need to be in the right team - a team that creates chances because I believe that if he gets chances at any level I believe he can score," he said.

"He has got that arrogance that he believes that he can score in every game."