The European Super League saga continues to rumble on with some of the continent’s biggest clubs still arguing between themselves and with others from their own countries.
It’s still unclear as to how Rangers would have been affected if it went ahead but football finance expert, Kieran Maguire, believes that it would have gone one of two ways, as reported by Football Insider:
“There would have been plusses and minuses. The Champions League would still take place and it would certainly increase the chances of smaller clubs in that competition.
“It would also always be certain that Scotland would have one or two clubs in the group stages. Such is the devotion of Rangers fans, they would still sell out every game. So their matchday takings could actually be pretty massive.
“They could potentially make more progress in the tournament than they do presently. That’s because they’re not competing with the 15 or 20 clubs who’ve gone to the franchise league.
“The big issue, however, would have been in terms of Uefa selling the TV rights. The Champions League is a midweek tournament and the franchise league was set to be a midweek tournament as well. And you’ve only got one pair of eyes.
“My big concern there would be that the value of Uefa’s rights would be significantly reduced.
“So they might get more money from matchday but less from broadcasting.”
The Scottish Premiership is tantalisingly close to having an automatic pace into the group stages of the Champions League confirmed and although the league title every year is a priority, winning it next season is even more important given that it brings an immediate prize bonus of £40million.
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Rangers are in a good place going into next year and will be looking to set the pace with Celtic needing to rebuild, any early pressure similar to this season could well prove to be the difference.
We would do well to ignore talks of a Super League or British Premier League and look after the things we can control, our destiny is in our own hands, taking our eye off the ball now would be a costly error.