Clement 'hanging on' at Rangers and told to axe buzzword as Celtic hero hailed by Hoops stars and James Milner
Rangers and Celtic are both heading into the international break on the back of wins
Rangers won 1-0 at home to Hearts over the weekend and are nine points behind the top two. Striker Cyriel Dessers got their goal at Ibrox.
Celtic beat Kilmarnock 2-0 away at Rugby Park after goals by Callum McGregor and Nicolas Kuhn. Here is a look at some of the latest news and rumours...
Former player on Clement
Former Rangers player Derek Ferguson believes Philippe Clement is lucky to still be in his job and will be under pressure if performances don’t improve. The Gers have made a slow start to the new season and are already playing catch-up.
Ferguson has delivered his verdict on Clement’s future and has said, as per Ibrox News: “If you look at what went on in the past you would say, ‘Yep, he shoudnae have survived it’. But there’s reasons why. We know that there’s no chairman, there’s no chief exec, so who’s he answering to?
“He keeps banging on about a ‘project’. Rangers isnae a project. Rangers is about winning, winning leagues, winning cups, putting on good performances, entertaining the fans. So at the moment, over the course of the last number of games, apart from Europe, he’s not delivered that.
“So he can look at himself as pretty lucky to still be in a job, but he’s hanging on with his fingernails at the moment because with this level of performance, he cannae keep going with that. If he does there’s only one outcome and that’ll be that he will lose his job, and I think that’ll lie with the fans.”
Ex-Celtic man hailed
Former Celtic star Matt O’Riley impressed for Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday night and scored in their win over Manchester City. He made the switch to the AMEX Stadium from the Hoops in the last transfer window and was injured on his debut against Crawley Town in the Carabao Cup.
O’Riley has taken to Instagram after the Seagulls’ eye-catching result and has posted “Missed playing football.”
Alistair Johnston replied “Buzzing for you bro”, whilst Luis Palma put “🔥🙌❤️”.
Meanwhile, Gustaf Lagerbielke said “Missed watching you play football” and James Milner posted “👏👏👏”.
After leaving Celtic, O’Riley said: “It has definitely taken a while. It got a little bit stressful over the last couple of weeks, if I’m honest. I think the talks were ongoing for a couple of months but I’m just happy to be here now.
“I obviously spoke to the manager [Fabian Hurzeler} and he did a really good job of selling the club, and we had a really nice chat. He told me where I would fit in in terms of the structure and I spoke to a lot of people about the feel of the place. I got the impression that everyone was really, really nice and that is something I like being a part of.”
He added: “It is hard [to leave Celtic]. People don’t realise how big the club is until you get up there, It’s a real family club and I was made to feel welcome very early on.
“It’s a very unique place in terms of the passion the fans had is something I had never experienced before. I throughly enjoyed my time there. It is still a little bit emotional speaking about it because I had such good memories there, but like I said it just felt like the right time for a new challenge.”