Chris Sutton believes Rangers joining Celtic in the Champions League group stages would give Scottish football its biggest boost in over a decade.
The former Parkhead striker feels the game’s standing on the continent will already get a crucial lift by his old club returning to the glamour sections after a five-year exile. But Sutton thinks that the Ibrox club getting in there alongside their Glasgow rivals will offer another massive shot in the arm.
It is 15 years since both Celtic and Rangers were involved in the group stages at the same time. Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s team can book their place with a play-off win over PSV Eindhoven. Sutton says there’s massive significance in two clubs making it through and also Hearts sinking FC Zurich to surge into the group stages of the Europa League. Motherwell’s nightmare exit to Sligo Rovers and the manner of Dundee United's devastating setback against AZ Alkmaar have been deeply-disappointing early-term setbacks.
