After sweeping to a resounding league and cup double last season, Celtic have once again proven they are the team to beat in Scotland. The team by which all others in the country are measured.
That includes Rangers, who are in the midst of a ramshackle ‘rebuild’ this summer that includes dismantling part of their stadium to the extent they can no longer play there.
With Philippe Clement also admitting there is little money to do any transfer business without selling players, despite his understanding when he joined last October, harmony appears hard to find across the city.
It’s all rather concerning for Boyd who amusingly believes it’s all adding up to a hasty Clement exit from the Ibrox – or should I say Hampden – side.
Kris Boyd says Clement has ‘hands tied’ in fight with Celtic
The outspoken Rangers pundit said [Scottish Sun]: “Philippe Clement looks to me like a man on the brink. Like someone who could easily walk away from Rangers anytime soon. I hate saying that. And I hope I’m wrong. But that’s what I took from his comments about the job he’s being asked to do right now.
“The lack of funds to rebuild the squad with money only available if he sells someone first. This wasn’t what he signed up for, was it? What was it that he said last week? ‘I had other expectations when I came in in October, I have to say.’
“Clement seems like a smart guy; he doesn’t put up with fools very well. In light of this, I sincerely worry that he is on the verge of concluding that he has no other choice. And that is to give up.
Although hearing that won’t make Rangers supporters happy, they will all be secretly terrified of the same thing. Because of what he said during his press conference earlier this week in the Netherlands, concerns were raised. If he felt he’d had enough, I wouldn’t blame him either. He seemed to have been given the order to fight Celtic while having both wrists bound behind his back.
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