Foot in Both Camps Martin O'neill Talks Up the Merits of the Spl, but Confesses That Television Revenues Could Drive the Old Firm South, Reports Natasha Woods

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IT is not surprising Martin O'Neill finds himself offering contrary opinions within the same conversation given the convoluted path his sentences can take between beginning and end. But ask him where Celtic should play their football and the confusion comes from having a foot in both camps.

Peter Lawwell, his chief executive, may envisage a future where Celtic travel to such places as Anfield and Old Trafford, rather than more mundane trips down the A77 to Kilmarnock, like the one they face today, but his manager is concerned talk of moves to the Premiership undermines the SPL.

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Foot in Both Camps Martin O'neill Talks Up the Merits of the Spl, but Confesses That Television Revenues Could Drive the Old Firm South, Reports Natasha Woods

"If you ask me if I'd get excited about playing a Manchester United or a Liverpool at Celtic Park every week, then the answer is obvious.

But will it happen? It has been talked about for some years and it is no closer now than it has been before, " said O'Neill ahead of today's visit to Rugby Park.

"It...

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