Kris Boyd makes an Ange Postecoglou and Celtic claim as he attacks Philippe Clement’myth’ at Rangers

It’s been an eventful weekend in Glasgow as Celtic prepare for a massive Champions League clash with Bayern Munich.

In the background, Celtic fans, including Brendan Rodgers, have been thoroughly delighted by their neighbours Rangers.

Philippe Clement had another routine weekend after Queen’s Park eliminated Rangers from the Scottish Cup at Ibrox.

Fast forward to the present, and hours after the Gers’ humiliation, the guy in the Rangers dugout remains in command, as he prepares to be rewarded for another trophyless season.

Clement took over Rangers in 2023 and has only the Scottish League Cup to show for it, while Celtic continue to dominate.

Kris Boyd used Celtic icon Ange Postecoglou as an example to verbally demolish Clement.

Kris Boyd compares Rangers situation to when Ange Postecoglou took charge of Celtic

When Postecoglou took over Celtic, the team had just finished its worst season in a decade, and there had been a lot of turnover in the dressing room.

But the Greek-born Australian, who few people knew about when he originally arrived, turned Celtic’s fortunes around fast and in a way that is still remembered today.

As Boyd dissected what was wrong with Rangers, including the’myth’ that they hadn’t spent enough time under Clement, he wanted to use Ange’s tenure at Celtic as an example of how to do things correctly with a new manager, as he told Sky Sports News (10/02/25 at 13:25 pm).

“Philippe Clement has already been under a lot of pressure,” said Boyd. “Gordon (Duncan) is right when he talks about the long-term project, but you can only go with that if you see improvement and I don’t see it. I don’t see this Rangers team improving.

“The prime example for me is Ange Postecoglou. He came into Celtic and that was a rebuild because Celtic had lost so many players. Inside a few weeks, Ange Postecoglou was able to turn (the club around). You could see it straight away, the style of play, and Celtic fans brought into that. They went with it and we know what happened then.

“There will be Rangers fans saying right now, ‘he had so much money to spend’. It’s a myth that Philippe Clement hasn’t had money to spend. He spent £3.5 million on Bajrami in the summer. It’s a lot of money for Rangers. Rangers spent nearly £12 million in the summer. They are already tied into buying Oscar Cortes in the summer coming up for £3 million. He has hardly played. This is where I am with Philippe Clement, it’s not just on him, the recruitment at Rangers for a period of time now has not been good enough. Nils Koppen is to blame for that.”

Will Philippe Clement be in charge of Rangers’ trip to Celtic in March?

Celtic visit Rangers in the fourth Glasgow derby of the season on March 16 – including the League Cup final – and it’s a chance for Rodgers and Co. to make amends after that Ibrox disaster.

But you wonder if Clement will still be in charge of that fixture when it arrives?!

Boyd clearly wants him gone, but wouldn’t it be more entertaining for Clement to stay on board for the trip to Hearts at the weekend, where everyone can watch the former Rangers striker have another breakdown live on Sky!?

“You talk about Rangers improving and having this long-term strategy,” added Boyd. “Not the rinse and repeat of managers. You have to do that until you find the right manager.

“You can’t just say, ‘because we sacked the last three managers, we are going to continue with this one until it gets better’. It doesn’t work like that.

“If it is finances, you are going to find a way to find the money for the football club to go forward and relieve Philippe Clement of his duties because it hasn’t been good enough for a period of time now. This ain’t going away.”