McLeish's chairman John McLelland said on Monday that the Glasgow giants' chances of playing down south were extinguished by Adam Crozier's resignation from the Football Association.

After months of speculation about the future of Celtic and Rangers in the Scottish game, it appears the blue half of Glasgow is resigned to remaining in the Scottish Premier League.

"It would be great to play there one day but it looks like a pipe dream as far as I'm concerned as well," McLeish said on Wednesday.

"I don't see how they can break constitution laws and rules to allow us to get into another league and another country.