Ex-Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston claims declaring Celtic champions would forever require an "asterisk".
Johnston has suggested he believes the Parkhead side would only be able to claim "eight and a half in a row" if the SPFL pull the plug on the Premiership season, reports The Daily Record.
Neil Lennon's side were firmly on course to secure a ninth successive title before coronavirus forced Scottish football into shutdown, sitting a massive 13 points clear of Rangers with over two-thirds of the campaign played.
But the 71-year-old accountant insists the achievement would be undermined if the the remaining fixtures are not fulfilled.
Johnston told The Times : "I don't want to be frivolous about it but a lot of Rangers fans have reached out to me and basically said: 'Mr Johnston, if Celtic are designated as winners of the league, does it mean they have won eight-and-a-half in a row?'
"That's not something you want, that asterisk.
"So, ideally, I can't imagine that anyone really wants to have their efforts undermined or compromised or not appreciated.
"The ideal would be to get the season done but there is also the reality of the financial situation.
"Can you actually afford to run by June? You've got a lot of players who are out of contract at the end of June, what's going to happen?
"The financial circumstances of the football clubs right now is also significant.
"Ideally from the clubs' standpoint, we would like every effort made to finish the season. That's going to be challenging.
"There's still April, May June and potentially July before things get going again, but we've got to be realistic.
"We've got to work with reality and not inspiration, no question about that."
