Bain backs Rangers to leave SPL

[Guest Jum Spence]

Rangers chief executive Martin Bain believes the Ibrox club will have left the Scottish Premier League behind in the next 10 years.

 

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BAIN hints at new Euro structure and discusses switch to England

 

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[Zappa 0]

Personally, I think there's far more chance of a breakaway European League at some point than there is of the British footballing bodies & UEFA agreeing to form some kind of British League structure, which is what would be required for any Scottish teams to ever end up in the EPL imo.

[andy steel 0]

Aaaarrgh!! That's a link to the dread BBC! I clicked it!

 

Dirty! Dirty!

[Zappa 0]

Aaaarrgh!! That's a link to the dread BBC! I clicked it!

 

Dirty! Dirty!

At least they don't make AD money from your click!!

 

I'll get my coat..

[Bluedell 5,883]

Could be just put there to encourage a potential buyer who may be stalling.

[Union City Blue 0]

Personally, I think there's far more chance of a breakaway European League at some point than there is of the British footballing bodies & UEFA agreeing to form some kind of British League structure, which is what would be required for any Scottish teams to ever end up in the EPL imo.

 

I agree with that. It's bound to be a European set-up when it comes along, perhaps on a "regional" qualifying basis or something, which would perhaps allow Scottish teams to hook up with English teams in some way.

 

If clubs are just allowed to play wherever they like, the big guns will gravitate towards each other. I do think the cluture in British football is not to go too far with this though, which is why I see some sort of half-way house. England especially (despite the rampant commercialism) is very proud and protective of its Association Football, hence the reason why the FA Cup is still a big deal down there.

 

Just my take on it.

[maineflyer 0]

Could be just put there to encourage a potential buyer who may be stalling.

 

The one thing you can be sure of is that Bain will be making this statement at someone else's request? There's no way the gopher is articulating original thought.

[fraser54 0]

The breakaway european league will no doubt happen in the future and im sure they will want the big names of The Old Firm included in that

[calscot 0]

I find it ironic that Celtic are more interested in joining the premiership - isn't that akin to unionism?

 

I doubt that will ever happen without a financial crisis down there. The unconquerable metaphor is turkey's voting for Christmas.

 

I doubt the Atlantic league will ever take off and the more I think about it the less potential earnings I see and I still don't think they can match the riches of the bigger leagues.