That may be the case - but take Celtic and Rangers out of Scotland and you have a league equivalent to what - bottom L1 or top L2 at best.
Case in point - Jamie McGrath - Irish international - was regarded as one of the best players in Scotland (outside the Old firm) when he played for St...
Well - he was called into the Irish U21 squad in June (and at that point he was the third or fourth oldest in the squad). He came on as a sub against Ukraine after 84 mins to replace Sean Roughan - who is a year younger and plays for Lincoln. The other defenders selected ahead of him - James...
Maybe he means a loan somewhere - although he didn't set the world on fire in Scotland last season and he has barely registered with the Irish underage teams over the past four years.