'Delusional', 'Not a chance' – Ally McCoist's Rangers claim causes uproar among many Leeds United fans

Football League World

By Ned Holmes

Published Aug 4, 2020

Ally McCoist has claimed that Rangers are a bigger club than Leeds United, which has caused uproar among many fans of the Yorkshire club.

The Whites are preparing for their first season back in the Premier League for 16 years after winning the Championship and securing promotion last month.

They'll be hoping to establish themselves in the top flight this season – a division that you'd imagine most people linked to the club believe they should've returned to a long time ago.

The Yorkshire club have been pulled into an ongoing debate after Jamie O'Hara suggested that the Bournemouth job was bigger than the Rangers job.

That claim drew an impassioned reaction out of McCoist, who made more than 400 appearances for the Scottish and has served as their manager.

Speaking on talkSPORT, he described O'Hara's comments as nonsense and then claimed Rangers were bigger than a string of Premier League clubs, including Arsenal, Chelsea, and Leeds.

He added: "If Rangers and Celtic played in the top flight in England within five years you’ll have a top-eight instead of top six, it’s a simple as that. It’s just money that’s holding to Old Firm clubs back.”