Financially, Rangers will undergo a “massive change of direction” if they win the championship since automatic Champions League status is worth up to £60 million, according to Peter Martin. After Peter Rough questioned Celtic’s decision to not invest in strengthening their struggling team in January, given the substantial prize at the end of the campaign, the PLZ Soccer host answered on The Football Show on February 19. Though many had anticipated a striker, the Light Blues managed to sign a “huge” £4.5 million deal for Mohamed Diomande, a midfielder, and he scored the team’s first goal in the 3-0 victory over St Johnstone to take the lead in the SPFL. “Everyone knows what’s dangling at the end of this season, it’s automatic entry,” Rough remarked (19 minutes and 45 seconds). Another forty, fifty, sixty million pounds, I guess? How come you would fiddle with it in January? I understand that January isn’t always the best month, but occasionally you have to take a chance. “It’s a £60m roll of the dice, which is not unusual,” Martin continued. This is just another year where Rangers’ roll of the dice in this plan hasn’t paid off, and ultimately, spending £60 million represents a significant shift in the team’s path. “Of course it is, and I think the way they’ve been working they’ve obviously, clearly not had that sort of money,” Lee McCulloch retorted. You can bet that they will strive to obtain it if there is a carrot to go achieve that kind of money. Favourites to win the Champions League cash prize: Rangers? Over the course of the last two transfer windows, the Gers have managed to spend a respectable amount of money, but it appears that they did not get excellent value for their money until Philippe Clement arrived. After being moved away last month, the summer spent on players like Sam Lammers and Jose Cifuentes has already shown to be a waste, while opinions on Cyriel Dessers and Join the Free transfer arrivals Jack Butland and Dujon Sterling have […]