Keegan fears for future as ‘big three’ dominate

KEVIN KEEGAN fears the dominance of English football’s ‘big three’ clubs threatens to kill the popularity of the sport.

The Manchester City boss fears Champions League and TV revenue will lead to a closed-shop status-quo in which Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United remain in a different league to their domestic opposition.

Keegan reasons the big three will dominate the Premiership for years to come, to the detriment of everyone else.

He said: “They cannot finish out of the top four.”

Keegan steered Newcastle to the top flight a decade ago and set about challenging for the honours, but he believes that scenario belongs to a bygone era.

“The days of a Newcastle United - like we did in the early ’90s - coming up and finishing third or second, they are gone,” he said.