Former champions Rangers have threatened to try to move to a league outside of Scotland if a plan to restructure the Scottish game goes ahead and leaves them languishing in the lowest tier.

Chief Executive Charles Green made the threat on Wednesday, floating the prospect of the Glasgow club joining forces with teams from European nations such as Belgium and the Netherlands.

Rangers, national champions a record 54 times, have had to relaunch from the fourth tier of the Scottish game after collapsing under a pile of debt last year.