Alan Stubbs tells Rangers 'normal service has resumed' as cheeky Celtic pundit doubles down on 15-point gap prediction

Confident Alan Stubbs doubled down on his prediction that Celtic can win the league by 15 points this season after "normal service was resumed" on opening day.

Stubbs told Record Sport in July that his old team Celtic, with Brendan Rodgers back at the helm, would be too good for Rangers this season and predicted a gap of 12 to 15 points between them and their rivals. Only one game has been played since then but first blood has already been drawn with Celtic beating Ross County on flag day with Rangers later losing to Kilmarnock in an early blow to Michael Beale's team.

And Stubbs now feels even more confident in the champions' chances of making it Three in a Row. He told KingCasinoBonus: "I don't see anything other than a Celtic victory to be honest. Rangers have had a huge rebuild this summer, the best part bringing in nine players. They've obviously let go of quite a few players, but I still think they will bring in at least a couple more players before the window closes.

"Trying to bed those players who have come from afar, whether it's America, Europe or the Championship, is not easy. Whereas I know there's been a big shift at Celtic with Ange Postecoglou going and Brendan coming in, but it's been more of a seamless change over at Celtic. Brendan knows the role and knows the club. He's got a winning squad straight away to walk into, which he's just going to implement his ideas into, which might be slightly different to Postecoglou’s. "I still think Celtic will be in the market for maybe another two or three players. I can see Celtic bringing in a couple of big name signings. Whereas Rangers now are on the back foot already. I don't think anyone expected them to lose at Kilmarnock even though it was a tricky game.