{"id":113869,"date":"2025-09-04T11:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/113869\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:46:12","slug":"premiership-could-be-a-three-horse-race-neilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/113869\/","title":{"rendered":"Premiership could be a three-horse race – Neilson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Hearts and Dundee United manager Robbie Neilson says Celtic’s transfer window has turned what was a “one-horse race” in the Scottish Premiership to a two, or potentially even a three-horse race.<\/p>\n

Neilson believes the pressure is on Celtic as their rivals have spent big in strengthening their squads while Brendan Rodgers’ side have spent relatively low.<\/p>\n

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“Right through the transfer window Celtic were waiting to see whether they qualified for the Champions League before they went and spent, whether it was spending high or spending low,” said Neilson on the BBC’s Scottish Football Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Obviously, they didn’t make the Champions League group stages and it looks to me as if they’re spending low.<\/p>\n

“When you look at what’s happened at the other side of the city, the money that’s getting spent there, there’s definitely pressure now getting put in on Celtic.<\/p>\n

“At the start of the season, I said it was probably going to be a one-horse race. Now I think it’s potentially a two, maybe even a three, if you look at what Hearts have done.”<\/p>\n

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