FIFA President Sepp Blatter has quashed any notion that the Old Firm could join the Barclays Premier League.
Blatter and UEFA boss Michel Platini are in Scotland for the International Football Association Board meeting being held in Gleneagles.
Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith has persuaded them to make the Scottish Cup semi-final draw on Saturday while on their trip to Scotland.
However, Blatter told Reporting Scotland that in terms of league football in Scotland, the idea that Celtic and Rangers could play in England one day - an idea that has been mooted intermittently for years - was not on the FIFA agenda.
He said: "It would be detrimental to football in Scotland if the two best teams leave to try and play in England.
"It is also good for the political aspects of sport that the four British Associations keep their different leagues."
Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith has persuaded them to make the Scottish Cup semi-final draw on Saturday while on their trip to Scotland.
However, Blatter told Reporting Scotland that in terms of league football in Scotland, the idea that Celtic and Rangers could play in England one day - an idea that has been mooted intermittently for years - was not on the FIFA agenda.
He said: "It would be detrimental to football in Scotland if the two best teams leave to try and play in England.
"It is also good for the political aspects of sport that the four British Associations keep their different leagues."
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