Why Rangers Could Regret £4.7m Signing as Miovski Comparison Emerges

Rangers appear to have finally found some consistency under Derek McInnes, with the Ibrox side winning six consecutive matches in all competitions while keeping five clean sheets during that run.

The Gers have endured a difficult period in recent seasons, with managerial changes and recruitment decisions failing to deliver the desired results. The club have now gone close to two years without adding a major trophy to their collection.

However, several of McInnes’ summer additions have already shown encouraging signs. Olwethu Makhanya, Ivor Pandur, Dan Neil and Kevin Kelsy have all made positive impressions and appear capable of improving the squad.

That has also highlighted some of the recruitment mistakes from the previous summer, with certain players failing to justify the money Rangers invested in them.

Bojan Miovski remains one of those players, although another 2025 signing arguably provided even less during his time at Ibrox.

Miovski’s Rangers future remains uncertain

Rangers spent £2.6m to bring Miovski to Glasgow from Girona last summer, with the striker arriving with an impressive Scottish Premiership record behind him.

The North Macedonia international had previously scored 32 league goals across two seasons with Aberdeen, creating plenty of optimism that he could reproduce that form in a Rangers shirt.

Instead, his time at Ibrox has been underwhelming.

Miovski has scored just eight Premiership goals in 32 appearances for Rangers since joining the club. During the 2025/26 campaign, he made 30 league appearances but started only 14 of them.

In those matches, he recorded seven goals from an expected goals figure of 6.47, averaging a goal every 190 minutes. He also registered one assist and a 21 per cent conversion rate.

The situation has become even more difficult this season.

Miovski has slipped behind Lawrence Shankland, Ryan Naderi, Youssef Chermiti and Kevin Kelsy in the attacking pecking order and has managed just 22 minutes of Premiership football so far.

With his opportunities becoming increasingly limited, Rangers could face a decision over his future when the January transfer window opens.

Unless Miovski can force his way back into McInnes’ plans over the coming months, a temporary or permanent departure could become a realistic option.

Rangers’ £4.7m Antman investment looks even harder to defend

Miovski was not the only Rangers signing from the summer of 2025 who struggled to make an impact.

The club were also looking for greater creativity and attacking quality in the wide areas when they agreed a £4m deal to sign Oliver Antman from Go Ahead Eagles.

The Finnish winger arrived in Glasgow with an impressive reputation after recording six goals and 15 assists in the Eredivisie during the 2024/25 season.

Rangers also reportedly committed around £14,000 per week in wages to Antman. Once his salary is factored into the cost of his season at Ibrox, the overall investment exceeded £4.7m.

His output, however, was nowhere near what Rangers would have wanted.

Antman scored just once in 28 appearances in all competitions during the 2025/26 season.

His Premiership numbers were similarly modest. He played 16 league matches, starting eight, while recording an xG of just 0.65. He scored one goal, created three big chances and supplied three assists, while winning only 43 per cent of his ground duels and 25 per cent of his aerial contests.

Miovski, despite his own struggles, managed 11 goals in 42 appearances across all competitions for Rangers last season.

Antman ultimately fell down the pecking order as the campaign progressed and was eventually allowed to leave permanently, with McInnes sanctioning a move to Anderlecht during the summer.

He departed Scotland having scored only once and provided five assists in 28 appearances.

The fact that Antman was an unused substitute nine times in Premiership matches under Danny Rohl also underlined how difficult it was for him to establish himself as a regular option.

Antman’s Rangers spell leaves a difficult comparison

When the two players are compared, Miovski’s Rangers spell has undoubtedly been disappointing, particularly given his goalscoring record with Aberdeen before arriving at Ibrox.

Yet Antman’s contribution was arguably even more limited.

Both players arrived during the same summer, but Miovski at least provided Rangers with 11 goals across all competitions in his first full season at the club.

Antman, meanwhile, struggled to provide consistent attacking output and was ultimately moved on after only one season.

That makes the £4.7m spent on his transfer and wages particularly difficult to justify when compared with what Rangers received in return.

Miovski’s own future remains uncertain, and a January exit could still materialise if he cannot regain his place in McInnes’ plans.

But while the striker has struggled to establish himself as a key player at Ibrox, his goals mean that his contribution has still been greater than what Rangers received from Antman during the same period.