Celts are able to outspend Gers but why bother?

FOR every fiver Celtic spend, we will spend £10.

- MICHAEL GANNON

It's one of the most famous quotes in Scottish football history. But it turned out to be one of the most prophetic.

A bit like a war movie when some hapless side character is telling his platoon that he's going to get married, start a family and work on a farm once the fighting is over.

Right at that moment you know the poor sod isn't going to make it. Dead meat.

Likewise, Sir David Murray's brag during the cash-splashing days at Ibrox became the poster slogan for the club's financial meltdown.

Since then it has served more as a warning than a business plan.

And yet here we are.

Old Firm fans are wanting their team to tool up for another mega money arms race.

Only the roles have been flipped this time.

The Rangers takeover being rubber-stamped has got Gers fans giddy about the prospect of finally emerging out of the dark ages after a few too many false dawns.