HERE WE GO: In the 1990s, Rangers had it largely their own way and, if anything, probably should have dominated Scottish football more than they did, the sort of dominance that Celtic have imparted since 2012.

The gap between the Old Firm and the rest of the SPFL has only widened in the last 30 years with clubs like Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibernian hamstrung by the transfer fees and wages that they can afford.What this means is that recruitment must be near perfect to compete, and Tony Bloom’s reported £10m investment in Hearts could make things interesting pretty soon – if it is accepted.Former Rangers striker Kris Boyd is fearful that the team he supports could be in trouble if the deal comes off, as told to Sky Sports:

“It’s an interesting one for Scottish football.A lot of people will look to Tony Bloom and straight away go to Brighton and look at the recruitment there.

“Listen, you can’t look at Hearts and say they’re going to be on the same page in terms of recruitment with Brighton.

“But where you can look is Union St-Gilloise in Belgium and their rise under Tony Bloom and other people connected with the football club there, they’ve come up and caused problems to the big ones.