Keith Wyness tips Rangers to complete ‘Scandinavian’ signing this month
Rangers may have more success shopping in the Scandinavian market in the January transfer window.
That is according to ex-Aberdeen, Aston Villa, and Everton chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, who states that Rangers have had success buying players from Scandinavia before.
Rangers have appointed Stig Inge Bjornebye on an initial six-month period as a football consultant and advisor, with the former Liverpool player well-connected in Scandinavia.
The club’s transfer business has previously been criticised, and it was revealed Rangers made just £8million profit on player sales between 2015 and 2021.
Rangers told to sign ‘robotic type players’ in January
Aberdeen’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Pittodrie between 2000 and 2004, had lengthy spells as the chief of Everton and Aston Villa and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – believes Scandinavian players have the right mentality to settle in Glasgow.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast, Wyness thinks players like Youssef Chermiti don’t have the “right mentality” to be a Rangers player.
He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “I think the Scandinavian market, as I’ve said before, is very good for the Old Firm, particularly for Rangers, because that’s the sort of mentality that does well in Glasgow, and I’ve seen that many times before.
“Those are the type of players, the young kids that aren’t fazed by Glasgow when they’re coming from the Copenhagen’s, the Stockholm’s, the Oslo’s, et cetera, the bigger cities in Scandinavia. I think it works quite well from the mentality side.
“I don’t think Chermiti’s settled. I don’t think he’s the right mentality there. And I think they’ve got to go for a more robotic type of player rather than the flair as such at the moment. And that’s where you’ve got to build your foundations from.”
Scottish Premiership title race finely poised
Rangers’ 3-1 victory over Celtic in the Glasgow derby was backed up a comfortable 2-0 win over Aberdeen at Ibrox.
The three points means Danny Rohl’s side move above Celtic in the Scottish Premiership table, and just three points below league leaders Hearts.
Hearts do have a game in hand on Rangers, but the sides still meet twice before the season concludes in May.