Kieran Maguire shares Rangers-Premier League verdict...

Kieran Maguire shares Rangers-Premier League verdict after what secret chiefs

Kieran Maguire shares Rangers-Premier League verdict after what secret chiefs have now said

With so many resources available, the question of where Rangers and Celtic might finish in the Premier League has been addressed time and time

again. Kieran Maguire has provided a fresh assessment on the matter.

The football finance specialist found that the Scottish powerhouses lag behind Manchester United and Arsenal when comparing their matchday

earnings to the Big Six Premier League clubs.

He also shared that in the first-ever Premier League season, Rangers had the second-highest revenue in the United Kingdom, providing some

context to where they could have gone with Premier League money.

Speaking on The Price Of Football podcast [22 January], Maguire shared: “If we go back to the very first season of the Premier League, Rangers

had the second-highest level of revenue of any club in the U.K. So apart from Manchester United, they earned more money than Arsenal, Liverpool

and so on.

“If we take a look at Celtic in that season, their revenues were higher than those of both Chelsea and Manchester City who have been the most

successful clubs over the last couple of years or so – with Liverpool of course.

“If we look at the position now, Celtic are making just short of £50million per year from matchday income, Rangers are making around

£40million. That includes European income. Where does that put them compared to the Big Six? It puts them a wee bit behind.

“The matchday income is significantly behind that of Manchester United, Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool, it’s a little bit behind Chelsea and mid-way

behind Manchester City, so those clubs [Rangers and Celtic] would be similar to West Ham and Newcastle – the top end of the other 14 in terms of

their revenue.

“I refer to some of our secret chief executives and friends in the English game to say what are the chances of this ever taking place, and those

chances are zero, or close to zero. From the perspective of those Big Six clubs, they don’t want competition.”