Rangers transfer investment as Philippe Clement eyes lucrative...

Rangers transfer investment as Philippe Clement eyes lucrative long term gains

As he supported recent signing Mohamed Diomande to provide Ibrox managers with massive future revenues, Philippe Clement

believes Rangers will be profitable.

The Ivory Coast Under-23 star was yesterday signed by the Light Blues manager, who is also very close to making a move for Brazilian

left-back Jefte. This is his second acquisition of the January transfer window. When his original six-month loan from Danish team

Nordsjaelland is made permanent this summer, Gers’ new midfield gem will cost £4.3 million.

However, Clement is certain that the Diomande contract will prove to be a wise investment after witnessing the Gers defeat other

European teams in the race for the 22-year-old’s signature. “He’s one of the big prospects in Scandinavia so everybody knew him,” he

remarked, praising the transfer coup. His desire to join our team is therefore a significant step, as many clubs expressed interest.

Despite being a young player, he has already played over 100 games and has a plenty of experience.

He was a member of a good team that everyone watched because of the abundance of talent that emerged from their academy each

year. Dio has therefore been on the list with both my former club and this one for a very long time. However, the naming idea came

from this reconnaissance team. With a talent like this, nothing is new because I’m positive he was on the roster of 100 teams.

“If you are one of the bigger prospects in Scandinavia then you are on the lists of a lot of teams. We are really happy we could convince

him to come here, he was really clear he wanted to come here. I’m sure there are other teams who wanted to pay more money for him.”

Clement has the Light Blues legions surprised after choosing to spend a huge whack of his January budget on a central midfielder

when most fans reckon he could do with a new frontman. But the Belgian said: “An assessment is made by the whole club, what he is

worth now and what he can be worth in the future.

In that sense, it’s a longer-term investment. We had a great deal of conversations together, and I believe that the club, the supporters,

the project, and the method of working and developing as a player have all convinced him.

We agree on that, therefore the next step is for him to demonstrate it—hopefully in the near future as well as the long run. We can

probably make him stronger here because he is still growing in strength.

He can play with discipline and is incredibly quick and nimble.

“All members of the team are confident that he can make a positive short-term impact and, in the long run, is among the players who

can surpass Rangers in size and take the next step.”

It’s evident that practically every club in the globe is working hard to sign players they think have

what it takes to develop into better players who they can sell quickly.