Rangers are trophyless for the season and have won only a single title in the last 12 years – but they go into the summer break on a high.
Celtic have taken 11 of the last 12 league titles and stand 90 minutes from a world record-breaking eighth Treble. But they are approaching Saturday’s Scottish Cup Final with Inverness in an obvious state of nervous anxiety. The connection between the clubs, and the explanation for the personality change being undergone by the public at large, is the thought of Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou leaving Glasgow for London and taking up the managerial vacancy at Spurs.
For some, this possibility equates with the guarantee of a shift in the balance of power at the top of the Premiership. Mainly those who believe that Rangers manager Michael Beale will be the beneficiary of his Celtic counterpart leaving town. Not so much a vote of confidence in Beale as an admission his prospects of success would be enhanced if Ange would simply go away.