Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers and Celtic had long been tipped to enter the Premier League.
David Moyes has claimed to BBC Sportsound that Celtic and Rangers would be mid-table sides in the Premier League.
Debate has raged for a long time as to whether the Old Firm duo would succeed in England’s top flight following years of speculation that they could actually move to that division.
Celtic and Rangers both have excellent sides at the moment.
Neil Lennon’s Hoops beat Serie A title-chasing Lazio in Rome on Thursday to qualify for the latter stages of the Europa League, while the Gers, under Steven Gerrard, beat Porto 2-0 at Ibrox to take a big step toward following their Glasgow rivals into the knockout phase.
But Scottish manager Moyes isn’t getting carried away over their quality in comparison to the elite clubs down South, arguing that they would avoid relegation.
He said to BBC Sportsound: “With the money, and sometimes the people in England will laugh at it, with the money both clubs have got, both clubs would be mid-table in the Premier League.
“Could they avoid relegation? I think so. It wouldn’t be easy but I think to see the two really big clubs in this country compete down south would be something a lot of people would get a lot of pride in.”
A move down South would have major financial benefits for Celtic and Rangers, but it would decimate interest in Scottish football.
Without the selling point of Old Firm derbies, the national game would suffer in a massive way.
Despite all the talk that’s gone on about the duo moving to English football, things are fine as they are right now.
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