GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 22: Oliver Antman of Rangers warms up prior to the UEFA Europa League 2025/26 League Phase MD7 match between Rangers FC and PFC Ludogorets 1945 at Ibrox Stadium on January 22, 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

When Rangers signed Oliver Antman, Dutch football metrics expert Joost van der Leij claimed Rangers had ‘mugged’ the Go Ahead Eagles.

At £4M, he considered Antman’s contribution to the Eredivisie side to be worth more like £30M and it would cost them that to replace him.

This gave every indication Rangers had signed a world class winger with the potential to hit those kinds of market values.

And his debut v Plzen demonstrated that player in abundance. He secured a Champions League assist, and he terrorised the Czech defenders with ease.

Then Russel Martin got his hands on him and frankly killed all the aggression. He murdered the freedom, quality and dynamic from the Fin and Antman faded fast.

His biggest issue then was that new manager initially Danny Rohl didn’t play really with wingers at all. The manager is adapting now, adding Andreas Skov Olsen. And that’s a problem too.

In short, Rohl, like...