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Celtic's Peter Lawwell admits that the Old Firm have no chance of winning a place in the Barclays Premiership as it negotiates a new television contract.
Both the chief executive's club and Rangers have expressed an interest in joining English football's top league.
A new television contract to run from 2007 is being negotiated and Lawwell said: "I think that TV deal will be sorted out without Celtic and Rangers.
"With a 16-4 vote required, then there is no chance of us getting in."
Previous votes have rejected the idea of the Old Firm winning a switch from the Scottish Premier League.
Rangers chairman David Murray has publicly backed off the idea in recent times, saying his club was committed to the SPL.
But Celtic director Dermot Desmond this month revealed that he and Celtic were still pursuing the possibility.
There had been hopes that pressure from television companies would increase the chances of the two Glasgow clubs being invited to the English game to boost attendances and ratings.
However, Lawwell admitted: "There are no concrete signs of any change."
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Source: BBC Sport |
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