How Celtic and Rangers would split mega Champions League money pot if both teams make the group stage

One of the biggest storylines of the current season has been the carrot on offer for the Premiership champions.

Thanks to Scotland starting the season ranked 11th in the UEFA coefficient, the winners of the league were almost certain to be given an automatic Champions League place.

With the suspension of Russian sides that became even more likely, with the only way Celtic or Rangers could miss out being if the champions of that league are allowed to compete AND the winner of the this season's Champions League don't qualify via their domestic league - something that hasn't happened since 2012.

There's an estimated £40million on offer for group stage qualification - but how does that change if both sides make it to the competition proper?

There's no change for the runners-up in this season's Premiership title race, who will still have to enter at the second qualifying round.

The runners-up from the leagues ranked seventh to ninth go into the third round but with Scotland ranked 11th, even the continued exclusion of the Russian sides wouldn't bump our league up enough to skip a round.

Celtic or Rangers will go into the second round to face the runners-up from either Ukraine, Austria, Turkey, Denmark or Cyprus.

Should they progress they would then face either the third placed team from France or Portugal, the runners-up from the Netherlands or Belgium, or the second placed team from Russia if their teams are included.

After that it would be in to the play-off round to face one of the winners of the other ties.

A difficult run to be sure, but how would it affect that Champions League windfall if both teams were to make it?

Based on this season's numbers, a total of €2bn (£1.7m) will be allocated to the clubs who make it