Alan Shearer reckons Rangers are OUT of the title race in Scotland as he called Aberdeen the 'real deal'.
Philippe Clement and his troops are trailing Jimmy Thelin's Dons and league leaders Celtic by six points after just eight games. The Light Blues had the perfect chance to make up ground on the top two after they played out a 2-2 draw at Parkhead last weekend. That opportunity to close the gap to just three points was missed as Kilmarnock dumped the Ibrox men 1-0 at Rugby Park to in fact extend the points difference between the leading duo and Rangers to six points.
Newcastle hero Shearer reckons it is already a mountain to climb for James Tavernier and Co - who face a trip to face Aberdeen at Pittodrie this coming midweek after back to back home games in the Europa League and against St Mirren. He told Betfair: "Rangers could well be out of the title race in Scotland now they are six points behind both Celtic and Aberdeen. That’s a big gap at any stage of the season in that league.
"We know that most of the time in Scotland, it’s Rangers vs Celtic, and whoever wins, it’s unacceptable for the other. But for Rangers to be that far behind after eight games means I would say they are out of the title race. The difference this season is you’ve got two teams going at it in both Celtic and Aberdeen, not just the usual one rival.
"Aberdeen are looking the real deal themselves, coming back from 2-0 down and nearly winning it against Celtic last weekend, so it looks a mountain to climb already for Rangers."
Meanwhile, Rangers hero and Record Sport columnist Barry Ferguson has told the club close to his heart that the next four games are massive. He admitted ahead of Aberdeen's trip to Celtic that he felt it would be business
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