Philippe Clement has his say on Rangers’ £800k transfer intake

Philippe Clement gives his view on Rangers’ £800,000 transfer intake

Philippe Clement has commented on Rangers’ modest £800,000 transfer fee, according to official club numbers.

Members of the board acknowledged the tiny amount at the AGM earlier this week, which had already been revealed in the annual numbers.

It was a surprising statistic for supporters who had expected to see a significant increase from sales of Todd Cantwell, Sam Lammers, and others throughout the course of the year.

Some supporters and pundits questioned the number, prompting Clement to address whether the fanbase had the right to be startled during his news conference earlier today.

Now, the Belgian has stated his thoughts on the situation and attempted to clarify the numbers.

Clement addressed some of the reasons for the lack of transfer fee money, stating that some players did not have the market interest to sell for a good price.

Rangers’ players’ high salaries may have deterred possible bidders.

“That’s a hard one for me to say because it’s not my job to do that first,” Clement replied when asked about the finances.

Rangers barely earned £800,000 from transfer fees, according to their annual numbers.

“Secondly, there’s also something to do with the wages that players were earning here, and every player now is the same; you always want to earn more and more and more and not reduce your wages, so maybe because of that some players, and that’s the dangerous thing because if I say one thing, you guys take everything from that group in the same way.

“So each story is unique in that some were older, others were earning a lot of money that other teams did not willing to pay. As a result, it’s evident that the players were not so big in the market that everyone wanted to sign them, giving you less influence in those discussions.”

The Light Blues’ transfer policy has changed in recent windows with spending small to sell big becoming the clear strategy.

What Clement has stated about the Rangers’ transfer policy

Clement reiterated the plan.

“Because if you sign a player 28, 29, 30 years old and you give him a contract for two, three years, four years or five years and then some players still had contracts also, you know you don’t have added value so you see all the business of football, those things become more difficult.

“All the clubs, is it Rangers, is it Europe, it was in Monaco the same, they changed the system in that way, getting more younger players improves the thing, so it’s a logical thing, so in that way it’s more difficult to sell players who are at a certain age, so those are things you need to take in consideration also.”

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