Oliver Antman Set for Transfer from Rangers to Anderlecht

Oliver Antman is on the verge of swapping Glasgow for Brussels, with RSC Anderlecht poised to prise the Finnish winger away from Rangers.

Derek McInnes confirmed on Wednesday that the 24-year-old has already travelled to Belgium to put the finishing touches on the deal.

“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 spell in Scotland that never quite caught fire.

From Eredivisie spark to Glasgow struggle

Antman arrived at Rangers with genuine momentum behind him. His 2024–25 season with Go Ahead Eagles had turned heads across Europe: six league goals, a division-best 16 assists and a central role in a KNVB Cup-winning campaign. In Deventer, he was the creative hub, the player who made attacks breathe.

That form earned him a £3.5 million move to Ibrox and the expectation that he would simply carry on, scaling up his Eredivisie influence on a bigger stage. Instead, the step to Scotland proved heavier than anticipated.

The Finnish international never fully settled in Glasgow. Used across the frontline but unable to nail down a permanent role, he finished his Rangers stint with just one goal and five assists in 28 appearances in all competitions. Flashes of the old Antman surfaced, but never often enough to shift the narrative.

Fresh canvas in Belgium

Now comes the reset. Anderlecht are reportedly paying just over five million euros for the winger, a fee that underlines both his stalled year in Scotland and the enduring belief in his upside.

For Rangers, it is a clean break after a short, uneven chapter. For Antman, it is something more valuable: a second chance at a major European club, in a league that tends to reward technical, inventive wide players.

He arrives in Brussels with numbers from the Netherlands that still carry weight, a point to prove after Glasgow, and a club willing to bet that the player from Deventer, not the one from Ibrox, is the truest version of Oliver Antman.