In Glasgow they have a word to describe the way the football landscape has changed. As Celtic’s dominance on and off the field has hardened, they talk of the Espanyolification of Scotland’s footballing capital.
In Barcelona, Espanyol are the city’s ‘other team’, inferior to their great Catalan neighbours in every possible sporting way. They exist and they play and they compete but nobody would really call it a rivalry.
And it is what they say now about Rangers in 2025. Celtic supporters throw the word around gleefully. They revel in it.