It's been a long time since Scottish football could claim to dine at Europe's top table but a brave new dawn could be on the horizon for our sides.
As has long been known, this season's Premiership winners are almost guaranteed to go straight into the group stage of the Champions League, with all the financial rewards that brings.
As it stood the only scenario that could rule Celtic or Rangers out of contention was the winners of this season's competition failing to qualify via their domestic league - but even that wouldn't scupper things as it stands.