Highlights:
- Joe Aribo is Going to Rangers.
- Rangers is the wrong move right now.
- In footballing terms, Joe will not progress playing against the other Scottish PL sides.
- Joe wasn't made aware of an approach by Brentford by his agent.
- Financially the Agent gets a big deal by going to Rangers.
- A move to Europe or the Premier league will have made more sense.
- Bowyer was never leaving, he always wanted to sign.
Section featuring Bowyer can be found here. The call starts from about 00:19:30 minutes.
https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1561626000/1561626000/ & continues
https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1561626000/1561627800/ 
Comments
Certainly not a case of the Agent working on behalf of Joe
Agents always an easy excuse
He’s gone, I am sure Bowyer/Gallen did their best to persuade him to stay but the above sounds a little bitter that
a) he did not stay and
b) we get hardly any compo which is what i think has stalled our ‘5’ in more than any sale.
; )
I agree it did sound bitter that we only get £300k-ish for Joe to go to Rangers, whilst his agent gets a large sum.
Bow did mention that Konsa made a smart move going to Brentford as they're so good at developing players.
No mention however of Shelvey's or Gomez's moves to Liverpool though... IMO a similar move to Rangers but with fewer competitive sides in the SPL.
I can see the point he is making, but I can understand Joe going to play under one of the two best English midfielders England have produced in many years.
If Gerard goes to Newcastle though, it'd seem a very, very poor move for Joe.
Maybe the delay is that he is waiting to see what happens there?
Doubts about Gerard’s future could delay Aribo’s transfer but, in truth, I am clutching at straws.
The reference to Brentford’s approach does rather suggest that there was a dearth of other concrete offers to Joe, which I find surprising.
His company's client list has some talent on it but I believe he is one of those more motivated by money than the welfare of his players
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/elite-project-group-limited/beraterfirma/berater/5620
Same agent as Josh Maja who turned down all offers to move outside England too - Makes you wonder what deal Bordeaux paid the Agent in that case too
Rangers fans only have the UEFA/Europe card as an argument against Bow's points.
A lot think we in England don't respect their league enough.
I'd love to see where Celtic and Rangers would actually end up after 3 years in the English League.
I don’t believe his agent was ever interested in him staying here and done all he can to get as much money for him in a deal as possible. People might argue that is what his job is, but to me it is not. His job is to ensure the best possible career for his client, moving to Rangers just is not that. It’s money motivated and I can see exactly why Bowyer is pissed off.
Bowyer came in and worked on the midfield, took over as manager eventually and look at the difference in Aribo in that time, so he has every right to be disappointed that the hard work put in was for him to leave to a league which the quality is absolutely shocking and I don’t care what others say, you have League Two players moving to the Scottish league, you have had players do well in Scotland but can’t cut it in England. The Championship is far more challenging and if he wants to move to the Premier League eventually, going to Rangers is not going to aid that. The pull of Gerrard I can understand but he isn’t going to be there in a year or so. Signing Aribo is a statement of intent, that is what Gerrard has said. Most likely because he can’t believe it either, a player of his quality going to Scotland.
It’s the wrong move for us financially, it’s the wrong move for Aribo in his progression and development, but it’s an absolute blinding move for his agent.
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To the Rangers fans using Europe as a reason it will be a good move...
Nice one.
If so would love to know how many times clubs have been screwed around when its the PFA acting on behalf of the player as in those cases they'll surely have less personal gain out of a deal?
i.e. Remember Garry Nelson saying in his book that he was PFA Chairman and had a young Kim Grant approach him outside the Valley about a new deal we'd offered him, Nelson said that he told Grant to accept it as was in his best interests to stay with us at the time
As it stands, agents will always engineer moves, always, and they will push players towards the move that earns the agent the most revenue. That is not an emotional statement. It is a simple description of the business model. No agent furthers his business by endorsing a stay put recommendation to someone like Aribo, when there is interest from other clubs. It stinks, and needs to change fundamentally.
which agency is it, btw? I will try to call them out on Twitter.
Not strictly true, Richard. Some (they are in the minority) will advise against a move in the player's interests and manage their careers to maximise the player (and the agent's) whole career income.
Bowyer played 527 career games and scored 79 career goals got 23 career assists and 397 of those games were in the Premier League. 57 goals and 11 assists in the Prem.
5 of his goals were in the Champions League and 10 in the UEFA Cup.
Bowyer played 15 Seasons in the Premier League and the clubs he played for finished:
Season
- Leeds 11th
- Leeds 5th
- Leeds 4th
- Leeds 3rd
- Leeds 4th
- Leeds 5th
- Leeds 15th/West Ham18th (Loaned to West Ham for 10 games)
- Leeds 19th
- Newcastle 14th
- Newcastle 7th
- West Ham 15th
- West Ham 10th
- West Ham 9th
- Birmingham 9th
- Birmingham 18th
An average player cannot play 15 years in the best league in the world, when it was comfortably the best league too.