SHAUN HARVEY, chief executive of the Football League, insists he is willing to re-open the discussion about the Old Firm moving to England as part of the plans for a fifth division down south.
The Football League wants four divisions of 20 teams below the Premier League by the 2019/20 season. With 24 teams currently in each division, their plan raises the prospect of seven teams being relegated from the Championship in 2018/19 to allow for three to be promoted with no clubs dropping out of League Two.
Two teams would be promoted from the National League, but the identity of the six other sides to be added to the newly-formed League Three remains vague.
Asked about the possibility of Celtic and Rangers becoming involved, Harvey conceded there would be clear difficulties, but did not rule it out.
"The whole discussion can be had," he said. "But I suspect the wider this gets drawn, the harder it would be to deliver to our clubs and the rest of the stakeholders in the game."
Football League clubs have been notified about the plan and will vote on the changes in June 2017. A 90 per cent approval rate, or 65 of the current 72 clubs, is required to get the go-ahead.
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