No guarantees Rangers newco will get TV time

Scottish Premier League chief executive Neil Doncaster last night offered no assurances that the competition would have a television deal next season after the clubs vowed to facilitate the Rangers newco’s Third Division move.

The SPL invited Dundee to replace Rangers in the top flight following their AGM yesterday, where no moves were made towards revisiting their decision to reject the Ibrox club or forcing an SPL2 breakaway.

Scottish Football League clubs were warned that the SPL could lose £15.7 million (€20m) — all but £1m (€1.2m) from broadcasters — were Rangers to be re-launched in the bottom tier but Doncaster refused to make any predictions yesterday.