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GRAEME SOUNESS believes it’s not an impossible dream for Rangers and Celtic to play in the English Premier League.

The former Ibrox gaffer is adamant that the globalisation of football could yet see the Old Firm move south.

Souness is now one of Sky Sports top pundits for English top flight games.

He’s seen the league grow into a multi-billion pound brand which is now breaking into countries like China and India.

Souness knows clubs like Norwich City, Bournemouth and Swansea will never vote for Rangers and Celtic to join them.

But in the future, he can see a restructuring of the Premier League which could see the Old Firm move out of Scotland.

He said: “At the time I was manager of Rangers, if we’d gone into the English Premiership, we could have been champions of Britain.

“We’d have kept growing. Even now, we’d have been in the top four of the Premier League.

“If Rangers and Celtic were in it today, the stadiums would not be big enough.

“Can you imagine Man United, Arsenal and Liverpool coming up to Glasgow?

“I pray it will happen one day. We talk about the global game now. They are two ridiculously good football clubs stuck up here.

“How far can they go in the present set up? You won’t attract the very best players while they’re in Scotland.

“I don’t think the chance has gone. Look at where the Premier League has gone in the last 15 years.

“It’s been like a snowball effect. It’s gathering snow as it goes down the hill, getting bigger and bigger.

“And it’s way from being finished. When it really catches on in India and China, it’s going to get even bigger. It’s only a matter of time. And it would be great if the Old Firm could be part of that.

“Would it kill Scottish football? In life, people talk about globalisation. It’s a fact, it’s not a dream.

“It’s reality and it’s with us. Why should football be any different. You find your own level.

“The clever people in charge tried their best to kill Scottish football when they demoted Rangers anyway.

“Listen, I don’t know if I’ll live to see the Old Firm game being big in Beijing or Calcutta. But the game in England is getting bigger and bigger.

“When you look at China, India, Indonesia and the populations, it’s big numbers.

“Clubs won’t vote for Rangers and Celtic to get in. The likes of Norwich, Sunderland, Swansea and Bournemouth won’t vote for it. It would be turkeys voting for Christmas.

“It would have to be reconstruction from the Premier League itself.

“In terms of, how do we freshen it up? How do we make it more interesting?”