Rangers’ chairman Dave King thinks that it’s “inevitable” that Rangers will be competing in a non-Scottish league at some stage in the future.
As reported by the Daily Record, King was discussing the difficulties in attracting players to Scotland due to the lack of finances that teams north of the border have compared to England and he said that the only way that will change is when Rangers start competing outside of Scottish football.
He said:
While it is frustrating to find Rangers being outbid for targeted players by smaller English clubs, it would be financially reckless to compete with them and not recognise the current market reality. This reality will only change if Rangers is able to bridge the income gap by competing outside of Scottish football – which will inevitably happen. In the short term, European participation is partial compensation towards bridging this gap.
The prospect of both Rangers and Celtic moving away from the top-flight of Scottish football has been muted for a long, long time but has never really came close to happening.
The recent issues surrounding Rangers obviously put a halt to any such proposals coming to fruition in the short or medium-term future, but if the Ibrox club can learn and rebuild themselves back to their former status, there is no reason why such suggestions won’t start being talked about once again.
