Clement sets Rangers £30m transfer target after Brentford news this week
Philippe Clement is using Club Brugge as an example as to why Rangers are capable of becoming a powerhouse in the transfer market.
Borna Barisic is the latest example of a player whose contract the Gers have recently allowed to expire this summer.
But Rangers can pull off the occasional huge sale;
in July 2022, Calvin Bassey signed for a club record cost of just less than £23 million.
According to Clement, Rangers may get more players for more than £30 million,
as was the case with Club Brugge, his previous team.
Igor Thiago, a striker, was sold by the Belgian team to Brentford last week for an estimated £30 million [The Guardian, February 14].
“Brugge has been engaged in this for a number of years.”
According to Clement, we kind of started that [17 February],
as reported by the Rangers Review.
“Thiago was sold by them for €37 million. As a result,
you notice that these sums increase annually since you have built a name.
You cannot complete it in a single year. As a club,
you also need to establish a reputation. It has to do with the club’s level.
“It creates opportunities for the following generation if you sell someone for a specific price and they go on to succeed somewhere else.
“Well, he’s from the Rangers, that’s somewhere to look,” others remark.
For a very long period, Ajax, for instance, engaged in that activity.
Then, a player’s value differed depending on whether they were with Ajax or another side.
Rangers’ transfer strategy is already being changed by Phillipe Clement.
The goal here is to make Rangers more long-term sustainable rather than turning the team into a selling club in the traditional sense.
For instance, the club will have money for the next two or three transfer windows if they can bring in £30 million for a player one summer.
The Gers have demonstrated their ability to negotiate high payments with the Bassey sale,
but these kinds of agreements are uncommon.
It would be beneficial if the team could promote several players from the academy to the starting squad.
As we witnessed in January,
Rangers’ transfer strategy has already begun to shift since Clement’s arrival.
Even if a few players who were unknown to most fans were signed,
no fans voiced any complaints. They are aware that a plan has been put in place.
It just serves to demonstrate that Clement is in it for the long haul and is dissatisfied with merely attending to issues that arise on the field.
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