Clement could sign his next Tchouameni in Rangers swoop for £9k-p/w star

Glasgow Rangers will be hoping to put an end to their drought of Scottish Premiership titles when they take to the field for the 2024/25 campaign.

 

Philippe Clement came in to replace Michael Beale at Ibrox midway through last season and could not do enough to overcome the club’s local rivals, who won the division for a third straight year.

 

The Belgian head coach is now set to entire his first full campaign at Rangers and will be looking to utilise his experience of winning division as a manager to lead the Light Blues to glory.

The Gers knew when they appointed Clement that they were bringing in a winner who has what it takes to win trophies, which was immediately shown by his League Cup success at Hampden Park at the end of last year.

The 50-year-old boss has won the Belgian Pro League four times as a manager, as well as two Belgian Super Cups, and one Belgian Cup success.

 

Clement also led French side Monaco to a third place finish in Ligue 1 and helped to develop some terrific talents during his time there, including current Real Madrid star Aurelien Tchouameni.

 

Aurelien Tchouameni’s form for Philippe Clement

The pair worked together during the 2021/22 campaign at Monaco and the France international caught the eye with his athletic and dominant performances in the middle of the park.

Tchouameni, who had joined the club from Bordeaux in January 2020, offered plenty of quality to the team in and out of possession in the Ligue 1 season.

As you can see in the table above, the French star created chances for his teammates whilst being a dominant defensive force who constantly looked to break up opposition attacks.

 

He ranked within the top 1% of midfielders in the division for interceptions per 90 (3.10) and this shows that Tchouameni read the game brilliantly to step in and cut out passes on a regular basis.

His sublime form for Monaco under Clement led to Real Madrid swooping in to sign him for a reported €100m (£84m) deal in the summer of 2022.