Former Celtic boss Gordon Strachan claims Brendan Rodgers would not have returned to Parkhead if he didn't believe he could see off Rangers next term.
The Scottish champions turned to former boss Rodgers after Ange Postecoglou left Celtic Park for Tottenham off the back of a Treble-winning campaign - and Strachan reckons that the former Leicester City boss would have had Michael Beale's side on his mind before agreeing a dramatic return to the hot seat in Glasgow's east end.
And he insists the Irishman will back himself to see off any challenge from the Light Blues this summer, stating: "There is only one thing that matters in football, and that’s winning. Brendan knows that. He would have thought about everything before he decided to come back to Celtic. He would have looked at Rangers, he would have looked at the squad available to him, and there’s no way that he would have returned thinking ‘we might win the league’."
