ORGANISERS of the International Champions Cup have revealed they want to stage the Old Firm game outside of Scotland – and believe Wembley would be an ideal venue.

Celtic are set to take part in the pre-season tournament along with many of the biggest clubs from across Europe for the first time this summer and will play Leicester City, Barcelona and Inter Milan.

But Charlie Stillitano, co-founder and chairman of promoters Relevant Sports, has admitted he would also like to invite Rangers, who have won promotion to the Ladbrokes Premiership this season, to compete.

And Stillitano confirmed he had held talks with Peter Lawwell, the Celtic chief executive, and Martin Bain, his former Rangers counterpart, about the possibility of the two Glasgow clubs playing each other abroad in the past.

The American believes it would be possible for the Ibrox club to take on their Parkhead rivals in another country despite the obvious policing and safety issues which it would throw up.

"The fact Rangers are back in their top league and playing Celtic again on a regular basis gives the Scottish game one of the biggest fixtures in the world again,” said Stillitano.

“Would we like them both to be involved in the ICC? Of course, we would.

“We would love to stage a Celtic v Rangers game. If we can put on a Manchester derby in Beijing, we can put on a Glasgow derby. We have had conversations with Peter Lawwell at Celtic and Martin Bain when he was at Rangers in the past about the topic.

“The fans would love it in the US or Australia - places where there are lots of fans with Scottish heritage. They would absolutely love it.

“In America, the Rangers and Celtic rivalry is more friendly than it is back in Scotland. Could a Rangers v Celtic match sell out a huge US stadium like the Met Life with 80,000 fans? I don’t know, but I’d sure love to find out. I don’t think the safety issues would be insurmountable."

However, Stillitano believes the Old Firm game would attract a sell-out crowd if it was played at the 90-000-capacity Wembley Stadium in London.

“An Old Firm game at London would be amazing,” he said. “I’m not sure what the authorities would think, but Wembley is used to hosting big games all the time. I think Wembley would be perfect for it. Celtic v Rangers would fill out Wembley, 100 per cent. That would be wonderful.

“It would be fantastic and having it at Wembley would be spectacular. I think it would be a personal goal of mine to do that.”