Celtic supervisor Brendan Rodgers claimed Celtic’s monetary muscle is just not the one purpose they’ve loved extra success than arch rivals Rangers forward of Sunday’s Outdated Agency showdown within the Scottish League Cup last.
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Rangers boss Philippe Clement lately stated that making ready for the Celtic conflict and Thursday’s 1-1 draw in opposition to Tottenham within the Europa League had been troublesome as a result of the opposition had been “financially out of our league”.
Celtic’s most up-to-date monetary accounts confirmed they’d £77 million within the financial institution and made a pre-tax revenue of £17.8 million final season.
Over the identical interval, Rangers made a internet lack of £17.2 million and began implementing cuts to their first-team squad.
Clement’s feedback didn’t go down properly with many Rangers followers, who imagine their staff ought to nonetheless do a greater job of difficult Celtic’s dominant spell as 12-time Scottish champions within the final 13 years.
Rodgers responded by making the purpose that Celtic’s monetary efficiency has been constructed from a profitable technique primarily based on growing gamers for revenue.
“Listen, Philippe will have whatever he feels he needs to look at. Where Celtic has come over a number of years, this is a club that’s been organically grown,” he stated.
“We haven’t been handed money. This isn’t something where we have had someone coming in from the Middle East and giving us a load of money. This is something that’s been grown.
“For us, that’s all I am interested by, the larger good of this staff and the membership. The membership’s in an excellent place, nevertheless it’s all been earned. It isn’t been handed to us.
“Everyone has the possibility, certainly teams up towards the top, will have the possibility to earn the finances.”
The dynamics in Glasgow’s soccer rivalry had been very completely different going into the beginning of this century.
Rangers received their a centesimal main trophy in 2000, when Celtic had been on 78.
The Gentle Blues received one other 15 earlier than being consigned to liquidation in 2012 and have solely managed three since rising from insolvency with the formation of a brand new firm.
Celtic are actually on 118 and victory on Sunday would see them go above the entire Ibrox trophy haul.
Arguments over whether or not Rangers’ trophy depend ought to have began once more in 2012 will likely be educational if Celtic win on Sunday however Rodgers declared the entire numbers weren’t necessary to him.
“For me, it’s about the game,” he stated. “It’s about winning the trophy. We want to win as many trophies as we can. We don’t necessarily have to tell everyone.”
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