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Craig Levein, the former Scotland manager, wants Rangers and Celtic in the Premier League so they could share increased revenue with other Scottish clubs.
St Johnstone’s head coach has proposed that Old Firm clubs pay £50m during the season in solidarity with Scottish football by joining England’s big winners.
Levein has revived the oft-debated idea that Rangers and Celtic would play in the English league by stating that he disagreed with Derek Adams of County Ross and said the popularity of the Premiership “sucks”.
“I’ll go back to my base camp, I’d love to see Old Firm play in the English Premier League,” Levein said. “It’s possible that they would pay £50m per season to the rest of Scottish football, and then I would support Celtic and Rangers by betting on the English Premier League. But will it ever happen? I don’t think so. “
Adams had reached Scottish football’s criteria after his side lost a goal behind and suffered a 1-0 defeat to Dundee on Saturday. “I’ve been there,” replied Levein, whose side will face Rangers at Ibrox on Wednesday. I was disappointed after the matches and said things that I probably regret. I’m not going to sit here and criticize other coaches for what they say.
“I have said enough nonsense in my life to fill two books. I don’t know if he will regret it but… I shouldn’t laugh, but I thought it was funny.
“How can you evaluate if it’s healthy? That’s what’s difficult for me. Is the game financially healthy? Probably not. I think the TV contracts we have are terrible.
“We’re sitting next to the biggest soccer country in the world and they’re getting many, many millions and we’re getting a fraction of that. Maybe if they gave us one more fraction, we could make things better. “
“I also think the way the prize money is split in Scotland, the top two get a massive amount compared to the rest and that keeps the rest down. There’s a lot of people trying extremely hard and I see Scotland as a place where people still want to come and play football.
“The game on the pitch is really competitive until you look at the money the Old Firm have got compared to everyone else. But the rest are really competitive.”
Meanwhile, Rangers have expressed their “extreme disappointment” after confirming that their fans will not be at Celtic Park for the clash between the Glasgow clubs on December 30. There were no away fans in this season’s first derby at Ibrox or in the last two leagues. Fites between Celtic and Rangers at the end of last season due to a dispute over ticket sales related to fan protection.
Rangers wanted to get between 700 and 800 tickets for east Glasgow and took the case to the Scottish Professional Football League.
However, the club released a statement which read: “Despite winning a case put to an SPFL board sub-committee, Rangers FC, with extreme disappointment, will not have any supporters present at Parkhead for the Old Firm match on December 30.
“The subcommittee agreed with Rangers that Celtic FC’s position of offering 0 tickets to Rangers supporters was unreasonable. Even though the subcommittee agreed with the Rangers, the subcommittee was not prepared for a “reasonable” number of tickets for the game. Be.
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