Rangers are benefiting from a post-Brexit transfer market reality as Nils Koppen is heading to Italy for a transfer-focused summit.
The director of football recruitment at Ibrox, along with football heavyweights from across the world including Arsenal and Manchester United, is in Italy this week for a TransferRoom meeting. 300 teams and more than 50 agencies from across the globe will be present at the event, which is scheduled to take place in Rome on Monday and Tuesday. This will mark the unofficial opening of the summer transfer season.
Together with the Rangers, the other SPFL teams attending the event are Partick Thistle, Hamilton, Ross County, Motherwell, and Hibs. Over 4,500 professional player transfers have been made possible by TransferRoom since its 2017 start. The site is presently used by over 750 clubs from 60 nations and 100 leagues.
Club decision-makers can interact via a messaging system, pitch players to other teams looking for a particular profile, and find out which players are available and what other clubs are looking for thanks to the online marketplace. The summit can also be used by clubs as a networking opportunity for events like site visits and friendly matches.
Scottish clubs have emerged as a popular entry point into UK football as a result of post-Brexit regulations that prohibit English clubs from signing foreign players under the age of 18 and force them to use a rigid points-based system starting in 2021. Jonas Ankersen, the founder and CEO of TransferRoom, claims Scottish teams have effectively taken advantage of this advantage.
“Scottish clubs have utilised TransferRoom well to market themselves as a preferable opportunity for foreign players,” he said in an interview with the Edinburgh Evening News. With our search tool, they can swiftly filter through relevant players from various emerging regions and connect with global decision makers from clubs and agencies.
Scottish clubs have the opportunity to expand their market reach by obtaining valuable market intelligence from global decision-makers at the top clubs. They are able to complete business ahead of schedule for summer and outpace rivals with larger expenditures in Europe thanks to in-person encounters.
The Oscar Cortes trade was one that Rangers completed via the platform. Following negotiations with the Ibrox club, Colombian agency Top Athlete Management assisted in arranging the loan transfer from Lens till the conclusion of this season. Owner and president Tomas Sarimento thinks TransferRoom can help the agency give other Colombian stars a European breakthrough.
“Our main goal is to identify Colombia’s emerging talent and look to export them to the most important markets on this side of the globe,” he stated.
“I believe that our decision to become a Trusted Agent on TransferRoom is mostly about positioning us in the broader context of the football market. TransferRoom, in my opinion, reflects more of the cutting edge of where the industry is headed, and it truly does bring you up to par with the big boys.
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