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Former Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness says Old Firm’s access to the English Premier League would be a crisis and that south of the border would be “under siege” if that ever happened.
The concept of Celtic and Rangers has been discussed, specifically when Wyness was at Pittodrie between 2000 and 2004. However, it was a war he continually fought against, adding when he was on the other side and applying for Aston Villa and Everton in 2004. . England’s most sensible flight.
In 2009, the English Premier League rejected a plan by former Bolton Wanderers chairman Phil Gartside to create a two-tier league of 36 to 40 teams, with the arrival of the Glasgow giants. And, a quarter of a century later, Wyness says it’s an overall failure, telling Football Insider: “Personally, I think it would be a disaster. People don’t realize the upheavals that enthusiasts would suffer from coming here. Cities would be under siege during the weekend’s games.
“That would be a real problem. Never say never, but I don’t see them coming. When I was in Aberdeen I was fighting this war. We resigned from the Scottish Premier League, leaving Rangers and Celtic alone. We won this war by getting a fairer percentage of TV revenue.
“The risk of them going to the Premier League, and they tried. They were looking for another league in Europe to go through. I think it’s eased over the last few years, and if they tried again, I’d just do it. “I don’t think it will happen. As regulations stand lately, it won’t happen. I don’t think there’s the slightest appetite in England. “