Ex-Hibs star delivers admission regarding Celtic interest as Philippe Clement blasted for latest Rangers result
The latest headlines for Celtic and Rangers ahead of this weekend’s fixtures.
The Scottish Premiership returns this weekend and Celtic will lap up the opportunity to potentially put even more daylight between them and Aberdeen. The Dons were issued their first defeat of the league season against St Mirren, finally separating the two at the top of the table.
Celtic continue their unbeaten run but Rangers’ 1-1 draw to Dundee United saw them slip further behind the Hoops. With the gap now at 11 points, the Gers must push to bank as many wins as possible between now and the end of the season.
As we await the next round of fixtures, let’s take a look at the latest news for the two Glasgow sides.
Ex-Hibs star discusses Celtic interest
Former Hibs left-back Josh Doig make the switch from Scotland to Italy in 2022 when he signed for Hellas Verona. He has since joined Sassuolo, who were relegated at the end of the last Serie A season. Doig recently had Celtic on transfer alert as Brendan Rodgers considered competition at the left-back role.
However, the 22-year-old has revealed that during the period of the Hoops’ interest, he was not made aware of the discussions being held.
“I didn’t hear anything, to be fair. Maybe my agent [did] but I’ve not heard anything. He doesn’t tell me anything. I keep away from all that,” Doig told 67 Hail Hail.
“Because of my first transfer window I let it get to my head. I was 18 and was thinking, ‘My God, this is amazing’. I was on Twitter every day looking at everything. So after that I was thinking I need to stop.
“So I don’t look at Twitter. I don’t look at anything. I only hear something if my pals text me like, ‘You’re going there apparently.’ And I’ll be like, I’ve not heard anything, so it’s not happening! I didn’t really want to hear anything unless the deal was done. Unless I needed to go and sign a paper I’m not really interested.”
Former Scotland international takes fire at Clement
The heat at Rangers is continuing to rise following their latest disappointing draw to Dundee United. The pressure is mounting on Philippe Clement, who continues to come under fire as the difficult results carry on.
Former Scotland international and current Doncaster City striker Ross McCormack has put the Rangers boss in the firing line. The 38-year-old believes the club might be ‘delaying the inevitable’ by holding onto the Belgian.
“Nothing shocks you in football but if they were going to do it they would probably have before the international break. By all accounts it’s not happened yet but I think it might be delaying the inevitable, most Rangers fans probably would be happy with the news,” McCormack said on the Scottish Football Podcast.
“I don’t think there’s a right or wrong time to do it, but I just look at things that are happening right now at Ibrox and I’m not really comfortable with it.
“Even you look at the game at the weekend when he takes Cyriel Dessers off at half-time, is that really deserving? I mean, he brought them back into the game in the semi-final. He brought them back into the game away to Olympiacos in the Europa League.
“There’s a lot going on at Ibrox right now. Sometimes you can see the tide turning, maybe they get a performance or a result. At the minute it just doesn’t, nothing seems to be going right.”