Celtic may have their best team in a decade but they won't have an easy time of it in the League Cup Final at Hampden today.
That's according to Neil Lennon who knows a thing or two about this competition having been a winner as both player and manager.
Rangers recent win in Nice and a pulsating draw with Premier League Spurs have combined with much more convincing domestic form to give fans of the Ibrox club some hope after a tortuous start to the season.
And Lennon reckons an interesting game will unfold despite the 11 point gap in the race for the Premiership title where Celtic are already careering towards another title.
He told BoyleSports : "It’s exciting games for Celtic with fixtures coming thick and fast. There are games against Aberdeen, Hibs, Dinamo Zagreb and then the League Cup final. It can be a headache for the manager to be strong on all fronts but the final will be different, Rangers have some momentum from their wins in recent weeks.
"Between Celtic and Rangers at Hampden Park anything can happen, Celtic scored late on to win it last year and you never know how these games are going to go. Rangers have had their inconsistencies, but they will have some confidence from Europe and that could make things interesting.
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"In terms of depth, this is the best Celtic squad for a decade. The players look hungry and a good example is having three central defenders in Cameron Carter-Vickers, Auston Trusty and Liam Scales who are interchangeable. You also have Paulo Bernardo, Callum McGregor, Luke McCowan, Arne Engels and Reo Hatate in midfield. Then going forward there is Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda, Adam Idah and then Nicolas Kuhn out wide.
"There is an abundance of talent and the strength and depth at Celtic is the best it has been for a long time."
