There's a trick been missed in this thread:

If Celtic and Rangers were in the Premiership, they'd be able to attract better players thus increasing their standard while building on their current status within Europe.

I'm not saying they'd be world beaters but they'd be able to compete with the bigger teams due to their current set ups (only United would have bigger attendances than Celtic) thus creating a sound financial platform for them.

At the moment, the gulf in class is obvious, but give them a few years to acclimatise to the Prem and then watch what happens.

Celtic have one of the most efficient financial set ups in the game today thanks to Lawell, hence Arsenal wanting him, and the money brought in from Sky etc would be used wisely unlike so many other teams.

For the record, i'm not an Old Firm fan, i'm a Hibs fan.

JK