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Rangers may explore the Scandinavian market further in the January transfer window thanks to a new hire at the club.<\/p>\n
That is according to ex-Aberdeen, Aston Villa, and Everton chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, after it was revealed that Stig Inge Bjornebye will join Rangers<\/a> as a football consultant and advisor for an initial six-month period.<\/p>\n Rangers have sacked chief executive Patrick Stewart<\/a> and sporting director Kevin Thelwell, meaning manager Danny Rohl is taking greater responsibility over January signings.<\/p>\n Rohl will be looking to bolster his Rangers squad in January<\/a>, following an unsuccessful summer transfer window under previous boss Russell Martin.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Stig Inge Bjornebye \u2018well-connected\u2019 in Scandinavia<\/p>\n Aberdeen\u2019s former chief Keith Wyness<\/a> \u2013 who served as CEO at Pittodrie between 2000 and 2004, had lengthy spells as the chief of Everton and Aston Villa and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs \u2013 believes purchasing players from Scandinavia could be a smart move for Rangers.<\/p>\n Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider\u2018s Inside Track podcast<\/a>, Wyness thinks Bjornebye joining the club will help Rohl.<\/p>\n He told\u00a0Football Insider\u2018s Inside Track podcast: \u201cWell, it is on the short-term consultancy basis, I understand it, and it will\u00a0be to\u00a0mainly help\u00a0with\u00a0January. And exactly what I just said,\u00a0perhaps looking\u00a0at international markets,\u00a0i.e.\u00a0Scandinavia. <\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s, I think, worked with Rosenberg and Aarhus. So I think that we might be seeing a couple of Scandinavians coming into Rangers, and I think that would be a good market for Rangers to shop in, and get the right price. I think it\u2019s not an overpriced market. It\u2019s better than Rangers shopping in England, for instance, or even Spain. <\/p>\n \u201cI think they\u2019re better suited to coming in. There\u2019s a long history of Scandinavians coming into Scottish football, and I think it\u2019s a market that\u2019s been overlooked. And I think when you see things like Chermiti, who has not settled at all at Rangers, given the quality of player you can get from Scandinavia, as opposed to how Chermiti\u2019s ended up playing, I think that the Rangers fans will understand that move. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd I think Danny Rohl will also do well with the Scandinavian type, Germanic type players. And I think that will help build the squad. So I expect that to be the reason why he\u2019s been brought in. It\u2019s a market they\u2019re going to start shopping in. I think I\u2019ll see some good things coming in from him because I\u2019ve heard some good stories, and he seems to be well-connected in this area. So it will give Danny Rohl some clear direction in the Scandinavian market.\u201d <\/p>\n Rangers\u2019 first signing of the January window could be Saint-Etienne\u2019s Pierre Ekwah, who was previously with Sunderland<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Rangers](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/imago1068131625-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\")
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