Oliver Antman Nears Exit from Rangers for Anderlecht Move

Oliver Antman’s brief and stuttering spell at Rangers is on the brink of ending, with the Finnish winger closing in on a move to RSC Anderlecht.

Rangers manager Derek McInnes confirmed on Wednesday that the 24-year-old has already travelled to Belgium to put the final touches on the transfer.

“An agreement has been reached, and Oliver has travelled to finalise everything. I am quite sure that everything will go well for him,” McInnes told the Scottish media, drawing a clear line under a move that has gathered pace in recent days.

The switch marks a sharp turn in a year that promised far more for Antman. He arrived at Ibrox on the back of a sparkling 2024–25 campaign with Go Ahead Eagles, where he emerged as one of the Eredivisie’s most inventive attackers. Six league goals, a division-best 16 assists and four appearances in a successful KNVB Cup run had made him one of the most eye-catching playmakers in the Netherlands.

That form persuaded Rangers to invest £3.5 million, banking on his ability to light up Glasgow in the same way he had Deventer. The expectation was simple: Antman would kick on, carry the creative burden and become a crowd favourite.

It never quite happened.

The Finnish international struggled to fully settle, both on the pitch and off it. In 28 appearances across all competitions, he managed just one goal and five assists. There were flashes of the vision and sharp movement that defined his time in the Eredivisie, but they arrived in moments, not in sustained spells. For a club demanding instant impact, it left a sense of a project that never truly got off the ground.

Now the route out appears clear. Anderlecht are reportedly paying just over five million euros for the winger, a fee that offers Rangers a modest profit and gives Antman a fresh start in a league that has often been kind to technically gifted attackers.

For Rangers, it draws a quick close to an experiment that didn’t quite fit. For Anderlecht, it is a calculated gamble on a player whose ceiling was obvious in the Netherlands and whose best years should still lie ahead.

For Antman himself, Belgium is more than a move. It is a reset – and perhaps the last time he will be judged on potential rather than proof.