Oliver Antman Set for RSC Anderlecht Move After Rangers Spell
Oliver Antman’s brief Rangers chapter is all but over, with the Finnish winger on the brink of a move to RSC Anderlecht after Derek McInnes confirmed he has travelled to Belgium to complete 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 on Wednesday, drawing a clear line under a spell in Glasgow that never quite caught fire.
From Eredivisie revelation to Ibrox frustration
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-high 16 assists and a key role in a KNVB Cup triumph, where he featured four times on the way to silverware.
It was the profile of a winger on the rise. Creative, incisive, productive. A £3.5 million investment from Rangers felt like a smart move, the kind of signing designed to light up Ibrox and flip tight games on their head.
That never truly materialised.
The Finnish international struggled to settle in Scotland, his numbers telling the story of a player unable to recreate his Dutch dynamism. One goal and five assists in 28 appearances in all competitions is not a disaster, but it sits a long way from the expectation that he would dominate defences and dictate games.
The promise that followed him from Deventer faded into frustration. Minutes came, but the spark rarely did.
Fresh canvas in Brussels
Now, a new stage awaits. Anderlecht are set to pay just over five million euros for the 24-year-old, a fee that underlines their belief that the Go Ahead Eagles version of Antman is still there, waiting to be unlocked.
For Rangers, it represents a quick turnaround on a player signed to be a creative cornerstone. For Antman, it looks like a well-timed escape route from a move that never truly clicked.
Belgium offers him a reset: a league that suits technical, inventive wide players, a club that expects to compete and create, and a chance to prove that his Eredivisie explosion was the start of something, not a one-season burst.
The paperwork now stands between him and a fresh start. The question is simple: does the real Oliver Antman show up in Brussels?
