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Celtic have title wrapped up and can now focus on treble bid – Alan Stubbs

Alan Stubbs believes Celtic are already assured of the cinch Premiership title and can now start thinking realistically about a domestic treble.

The Parkhead side moved six points clear of defending champions Rangers at the top of the table, with a vastly superior goal difference and just six games to play, after defeating their city rivals 2-1 at Ibrox on Sunday.

Having already secured the League Cup in December, former defender Stubbs sees no reason why his old club cannot claim a clean sweep of trophies, just as the squad he was part of in 2000/01 did under Martin O’Neill.

“I think the title race is over,” the 50-year-old said in an interview with the PA news agency.

“I think Sunday was a defining moment. Rangers have still got to go to Celtic Park, where I think the gap is only going to get bigger. Celtic can afford to lose two games and they will still win by goal difference.

“I think it is a foregone conclusion now. I would think the treble will be in their sights now. They’ve got one piece of silverware in the locker already, the league looks done and dusted, and they meet each other in the Scottish Cup semi-final, so I don’t think anyone would rule out the treble.”

Stubbs is stunned at how quickly Ange Postecoglou, in his first season in charge, has got his old club back to the top of Scottish football after a shambolic 2020/21 campaign in which the Hoops blew the chance of 10 league titles in a row by finishing 25 points adrift of Rangers.

I thought Celtic would certainly improve and I thought they would be closer to Rangers, but the transformation and the turnaround has been remarkable- Alan Stubbs

“Could I envisage Celtic being in this position? Honestly, no,” said Stubbs, who was a Hoops player from 1996 to

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