Philippe Clement has welcomed Celtic and Rangers reaching agreement over Old Firm ticket allocations and admitted not having away fans had been…
PHILIPPE Clement has welcomed Celtic and Rangers reaching agreement over the number of away fans who will be allowed in to Parkhead and Ibrox for Old Firm games next season and admitted not having any travelling supporters in attendance had been “really strange”.
However, the SPFL announced yesterday that the away team will receive five per cent of the total capacity – around 3,000 at Celtic Park and around 2,500 at Ibrox – for the showpiece fixture from the 2024/25 campaign and that has pleased Clement.Asked if he thought it was a positive development, the Belgian said: “For me, yes, for sure. I think everybody loveswith two sides of fans who sing against each other or sing towards each other and to have this atmosphere.
“You do it also for a big part for fans and to see them happy and feel the respect and the synergy together. I think it is an important thing, also for an atmosphere in a stadium to have two kind of fans in the stadium.”Rangers, who are a point behind their city rivals in the cinch Premiership table with a game in hand, will play Celtic at Ibrox in the third Old Firm game of the season on Sunday week, but the defending Scottish champions will not have any fans cheering them on in Govan.
“There is a lot of organisation about things and relocating people because you bring fans in and all those things. I am not involved in that in the club, I have enough jobs to do! But I understand that you cannot change this thing in one week. It is a very positive thing from next season and it becomes a more normal situation.”We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories.
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