Willie Miller questions Rangers reconstruction plan as Aberdeen legend claims proposal 'muddies the water'

Legendary Aberdeen defender Willie Miller has expressed serious doubts about Rangers' Colt team reconstruction plans and claimed now is not the right time to be introducing significant changes to the Scottish game.

The Ibrox club have proposed a 14-14-18 set-up that would see Celtic and themselves introduce under-21 teams to the professional game.

The big two would compensate the bottom clubs as part of the plan as well as guaranteeing 200 tickets sold for every away game at price of £15 each.

But the plan is still thought to be unlikely to succeed with several clubs needing to be convinced that it is the long term solution to football's structural challenges.

And Miller reckons the coronavirus pandemic means that clubs feel life is complicated enough at the moment without having to consider the implications of such a dramatic change.

He wrote in the Evening Express : "It’s a substantial piece of work that the Gers have put together which suggests to me this is something they have been working on for a number of months.

"However, it’s another proposal at a time when most club chairmen have reached a point where they don’t want to see more proposals because they have other issues to deal with, and this further complicates things.

"It’s a plan which suits Rangers and Celtic, but I don’t think it suits everyone else and, for the two Glasgow teams having 20-23 under-21 players making up these colt squads, I don’t think is sustainable in the long term.

"Will it get the traction at this time? I don’t think so. It might be something that can be debated further down the line if they’re looking at long-term change.

"But I don’t think it’s the short-term answer to the position Scottish football is in.

"Financial inducements have been offered to lower league clubs, but I don’t think chairmen will be swayed by what would be a relatively small fee.

"It’s a proposal that suits Rangers and Celtic, but I don’t think it suits anybody else and just muddies the water at this time when everybody wants as much clarity as possible."