Ross Wilson claims the clubs that Rangers meet in Europe can't believe the amount they take in from domestic prize money and TV revenue.
The Ibrox club have been at the forefront of scrutiny around the SPFL's new £30m-a-year contract with Sky Sports, with managing director Stewart Robertson saying last week he felt the Scottish game is being undersold. And now sporting director Wilson has offered an insight into how clubs on the continent view the cash that Premiership clubs accrue.
He revealed that a popular topic of discussion ahead of Champions League qualifying ties in recent seasons has been domestic revenues - both in prize money and from broadcasters. Rangers have faced the likes of Malmo, Union Saint-Gilloise and PSV Eindhoven over the last two years and Wilson claims his counterparts are stunned when they hear his answer. He told The Times : “You know when you meet someone at a wedding, and there’s a standard question, ‘What do you do, mate?’ The standard question round the table in Europe is, ‘Where are you at with prize money?’ and ‘Where are you at with TV revenues?’ None of them can ever believe it when we answer that question.”
