Ally McCoist has claimed that Liverpool and Tottenham’s participation in the Champions League final has made a 'mockery’ of the competition.
McCoist was a regular competitor in the competition as a player, during its revamp from being the old European Cup to the currently named Champions League.
And the Scotsman believes that the name of the tournament should be changed, due to the title drought both teams are currently on.
He told talkSPORT: "The tournament is effectively wrongly named. They call it the Champions League and there are probably more teams that don't win their championship in it now.
"So, effectively, the name of the tournament makes a mockery of the tournament.
"The Champions League last year was contested by two teams who haven’t won their championship in a combined total of 85 years. Think about what I’ve just said there.
"This is the point I’m making, the cup shouldn’t be called the Champions League.
"If you’re going to continue with it in this format, change the name of it."
Spurs haven’t been Champions of England since 1961, when Bill Nicholson guided them to the title.
And, ironically, the tournament only adopted the word 'Champions' in its title after non-champion clubs started to be allowed to compete in - the year after Tottenham last won the league.
It’s been nearly three decades since Liverpool were last named Champions, when Kenny Dalglish lifted the Division One title in 1990.
However, both teams have both been amongst the league’s top four for the last few seasons under Mauricio Pochettino and Jurgen Klopp’s leadership, something which has meant they qualified for the competition.
Liverpool also ran Manchester City close to the title last season, only losing out by one point and taking the title race down to the final day.
Spurs’ last real opportunity for their first Premier League title was just two years ago, when they finished 2nd behind Antonio Conte’s Chelsea in 2016-17.
