Debates about how the two Glasgow club would fare against Premier League opposition has raged on for years, with many believing they wouldn’t match up. Some, though, like Sutton, have argued that the stature of both sides would mean that they’d be able to challenge for silverware. Before Lescott replied: I”t’s about the Premier League!” Sutton then put to Lescott what the case would be, had Celtic and Rangers joined the Premier League in the early 2000s. “Hang on a minute, so if Celtic and Rangers came to the Premier League, which nearly happened in the early 2000s when Martin O’Neil was manager,” he said. Joleon Lescott argued with Sutton about Scottish footballCeltic and Rangers are the fiercest of rivals

Source: Express March 02, 2019 13:18 UTC