John Hartson was asked to comment on what should be done with the league should the season not be able to return.
The Welshman gave a new take on the current situation and as much as we think the idea would be common sense and has truth to it, there’s not a chance in hell The Rangers would concede the title – even know they are perfectly aware they blew it.
Hartson told the BBC the club would get tremendous credit if they held there hands up and said, yes, Celtic bested us and we were never going to catch them.
But! It’s just never, ever going to happen. Too much petty politics at play where we’ve already seen ex-Ibrox players howl at the moon over the season being called off just so Celtic can’t lift their ninth title in a row. Nothing to do with football integrity but weaponising a global crisis in a desperate attempt to stop Celtic from being rightfully named winners.
“We’re in uncharted waters. Nobody saw this coming.” Hartson told BBC as cited by SunSport.
“This could last another six, eight, nine months – and we’d have to close the season then.
“If the season doesn’t get going then I think Rangers would come away with an awful lot of credit and great sportsmanship with the lead that Celtic have – it is a huge lead.
“Celtic probably need to lose five of their last eight games to be overtaken. Let’s be realistic, that ain’t going to happen.
“If Rangers were to say ‘Right ok you have been worthy champions, you’ve got a massive lead and if the season was to stop Celtic would be handed the title’.
“I could honestly say I would say exactly the same thing if Rangers had the lead that Celtic have.
“There are certain cases, in my opinion, where you go ‘Lets have a bit of common sense here’.
“If Rangers were to do something like that as a football club I really think it would bring football together.
“Look at the gratitude they would show. I think they would come out of it with huge respect and gratitude from the other clubs.
“It would be unbelievable if something like that was to happen.
“There is no way in anyone’s mind that Rangers could catch Celtic.”
