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“Brutally honest How Ally McCoist describes Rangers Today on Live Broadcast
Ally McCoist has claimed both Rangers and Celtic are “bang average” as things stand, so it would take them a few years to become competitive in the Premier League, with the ongoing debate emerging again.
Every so often the question is asked whether the Old Firm clubs would be able to compete in England, but the Rangers legend claimed they’d have no chance as it stands.
Speaking to NetSPORT.uk [via the Daily Record, 5 February], McCoist shared: “How they would get on is interesting as well. It would take them three or four years because I am going to be brutally honest, Jeff, they are two bang-average Rangers and Celtic teams, at this moment in time.
“It’s due to finance, finance is 99 per cent of it here, that’s a million miles away. If they did get in the leagues it would take them a while.
“But with the support they’ve got, if they could survive and take their time getting up there, they would be fine. But I don’t see it happening because there are too many obstacles.”
Premier League competition is superior.
The Premier League currently performs better than the SPFL. There is no denying the disparity in quality, but the reasons for it are up for debate. Rangers and Celtic’s relative sizes are also frequently discussed points of contention.
Although McCoist had previously heaped great accolades on the current Old Firm sides, his criticism of them was justified considering the standards at the top of the Premier League and the Gers club he played for.
When it comes to matchday revenue, Glasgow teams are on par with the Premier League’s top six, according to finance expert Kieran Maguire, who recently weighed in on the discussion after looking into the financial side of things. The main distinction, he claimed, is the TV money.
Like McCoist, he believed that a transfer would not be possible because of the effect on Scottish football and because English teams would not tolerate having two more rivals in the league.
