Philippe Clement shares Rangers transfer profit plan as Nordsjaelland model the key to survival

Nordsjaelland have their Right to Dream in Africa. But Philippe Clement reckons it's time Rangers took a leaf out the Danes’ book and started making talent production a firm reality in Glasgow

The Ibrox boss has just raided the Scandinavian’s star factory to pinch Mohamed Diomande. The highly-rated Ivory Coast Under-23 isn’t coming cheap, with the deal set to cost Gers £4.3million this summer when an initial loan is made permanent. The 22-year-old midfield prospect’s new boss is convinced it will be money well spent, with the big Belgian believing the deal should generate a healthy profit in years to come.

However, Clement has confessed Gers’ chances of keeping pace with their rivals at home and abroad will go bust if they continue relying on others to rear their first-team troops. Nordsjaelland have had no trouble on that front thanks to a tie-up with the famed Right to Dream academy in Ghana.

The agreement allows the Danes to recruit some of the best young African talent before moving them to Europe, where they are regularly moved on for huge returns. They’ve made millions thanks to RTD graduates like Mohammed Kudus and Kamaldeen Sulemana, now starring in England with West Ham and Southampton.

The deal that has seen Diomande join Gers could yet be dwarfed this month if his former teammate Ibrahim Osman’s £18million switch to Davie Moyes’ Hammers goes through. And Clement reckons it’s an example the Light Blues must follow.

"Of course,” he said. “That’s one of the parts I have been talking about also with the club.

“From the first day I stepped into the building they knew about that and it was one of the reasons, also, that they finally chose me. I have always been busy with the development of young players.

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