UEFA chief Alexander Ceferin has cast the future of the Scottish League Cup into doubt by insisting all European countries should have just one cup competition.
The Premier Sports Cup kicks off a week on Saturday for the 77th running of the competition, which was first played in 1946/47, just after the Second World War, with the first ever final won by Rangers. This season's tournament will start early next month with Premiership teams Hibs, St Mirren, Livingston, Ross County and Kilmarnock all playing on July 9, with Aberdeen travelling to face Peterhead the following day.
But if European football's governing body's president gets his way, it could soon be a competition of the past. The Slovenian hit out at complaints from top managers like Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola about there being too much football, with the summer bout of Nations League fixtures particularly attracting strong criticism across Europe.
