‘Huge’ financial incentive on line for Rangers ahead of Celtic – Finance Expert
Dan Plumley has insisted that it would be “huge” if Rangers can claim and secure top spot in the Scottish Premiership this season.
Philippe Clement has somehow taken his squad into a position where they can overtake Celtic ahead of the game with Aberdeen at Ibrox on Tuesday 6 February.
The football finance expert admitted that the Champions League spot for finishing top in Scotland is a huge incentive, with a guaranteed £17.1million on the line.
“It is huge financially, there is no question about that,” he exclusively told Ibrox News.
“It’s the differentiator in Scottish football, now it’s opened up a little bit more with top spot being a guaranteed group stage position and we know that based on the current distribution mechanisms in that competition, it’s worth about €20m [£17.1m] at least to Rangers or Celtic.
“That’s from participation fees and then your extra home matchdays and how you can leverage them and the commercial opportunities that go alongside that. If you can pick up a couple of wins in the group stages along the way, there are bonus payments for that as well so it can become really lucrative, and of course, the stage that puts you on in European football just opens up the market even further.
“Absolutely huge for either of those two clubs, as we say, at the minute it’s either one or the other, I think that’s fairly clear given the nature of Scottish football and if Rangers can get themselves into that position, the windfall from the Champions League is huge financially.”
Huge windfall at Ibrox.
Rangers have had to settle for Champions League qualifiers since the change was made in Scotland, but with the chance to go ahead of Celtic tonight, that could all change.
Philippe Clement has turned everything around at Ibrox, and the guaranteed £17.1million would be a huge help to John Bennett and the board.
Aberdeen won’t be an easy game, especially with new manager Neil Warnock coming in, but the Bears are expected to make light work of a struggling side to go top of the league.
In other Rangers news, the club’s quest to seal a permanent transfer in the summer now hinges on one condition.
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