Celtic star Mikael Lustig is not worried about Rangers.
Celtic defender Mikael Lustig is not concerned about a stronger Rangers next year as he feels he has heard it all before.
The Bhoys are Scotland’s dominant team and Rangers are now onto their fourth manager in two years since winning promotion.
New Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has name value, but Rangers have a long way to go before they instil fear into their rivals.
Lustig told The Evening Times: “Last year was the same. They were bringing a new manager in. On paper or in the media it looks good, but we just focus on ourselves and things are going well so far.
“Yes Steven Gerrard is a bigger name but I think Pedro Caixinha had more routine as a manager, so we’ll see.”
Is he right not to worry?
Time will tell whether Rangers will provide a challenge, but the ease at the way Celtic dismantled them recently gives Lustig and co. reason to be confident.
Celtic do not know what it is like to taste defeat against Rangers at this point, and their last two games were one sided.
At present the managerial changes have left Rangers battling to offload unwanted players and bring in new recruits, and fashioning a new squad into an effective team may not be easy.
The problem for Gerrard is that time and patience is what he needs, and it’s not what he will get.
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