Where would Rangers finish in the Premier League?
It’s been talked about for years…
If Glaswegian heavyweights, Celtic and Rangers, were involved in the Premier League - where would they rank?
Many SPL fans back the quality of their sides and claim that they would instantly challenge for European Football, whilst the majority of Premier League fans would expect the Scottish sides to be involved in a relegation battle.
Of course, both of these opinions are loose and are filled with accidental bias respective to their Country’s top domestic division.
But, when Middlesborough’s English manager and notorious figure of the game, Neil Warnock, chips in with his unforetold opinion on the matter, you can only listen with admiration.
For context, Warnock has only ever played and managed in England and as far as I know, has no affirmative links to Scotland in any capacity.
So, when he suggests that Celtic and Rangers would be among the Top Six Premier League clubs, he means it with no bias.
The 72-year-old told BBC’s Scottish Football Podcast:
“If you put Celtic and Rangers down in England, you’re talking about the top six.”
He went on to say:
“If they got the money that English clubs have coming in, they would spend it.”
Perhaps the biggest statement he has made on this topic is the following:
“With the money that the Premier League [clubs] get, it wouldn’t take long for Celtic and Rangers to compete - within 18 months, two years.”
Recently, Rangers sealed one of the greatest redemption stories in sport - by defying all odds to climb back from the bottom tier of Scottish football and win the Scottish Premier League title for the 55th time in the club’s history, under the tenure of Steven Gerrard, who also won his first league trophy of his footballing career.
At the time of writing, The Gers have have conceded an unbelievably solid 9 goals, conceding just 2 goals at home.
They have one more league game to go; against Celtic, where they will collect their trophy at the home of their biggest rivals.
Meanwhile, Celtic have endured a torrid season - particularly by their standards.
The Hoops were looking for their 10th SPL title in a row and with one more game to go, have absolutely nothing to play for.
Whilst this is a concept that has been spoken about for years, due to the allowance of Welsh teams like Cardiff City and Swansea City, no formal or concrete plans have veer been put into place - which makes this scenario doubtful.
Of course though, nothing is beyond the realms of possibility.
We’ve seen examples similar to this come to fruition, with the likes of Cardiff City, Swansea City and Newport County proving as solid additions - whilst the MLS has also made way for the Canadian sides in Toronto FC, CF Montreal and Vancouver Whitecaps.
If this scenario ever occurred, it would cause a stir amongst fans of domestic football. Would the Scottish teams be afforded a place in League Two and have to work their way up? Would the Premier League expand the number of teams to 22 or 24?
Perhaps this is why we have yet to see Scottish Teams make their way into English Football in the way that the Welsh sides have.
So with that, I ask this same question to you:
How would this title-winning Rangers side fair in the Premier League?