Inside the Celtic machine as Paul Lambert spends a day with Ange Postecoglou

Paul Lambert spent a day with Ange Postecoglou and felt Celtic would win.

Now the former Parkhead hero reckons the Aussie boss might be about to emulate Wim.

Postecoglou’ s outstanding work has taken Celtic to the brink of title glory.

The Hoops are six points clear with six games to go in a remarkable turnaround having lost the Premiership to Rangers by a whopping 25 points last term.

Lambert was part of Martin O’Neill’s 2001 Treble-winning outfit who turned a 21-point deficit around from the previous campaign to grab the flag.

But the ex-midfield ace says a championship success for Postecoglou would be more akin to Wim Jansen’s magnificent league triumph of 1998.

Just like Jansen, Postecoglou arrived from a previous spell in the J-League into a chaotic scene.

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Just like Jansen, he had to deal with the loss of hugely-influential players and mould virtually an entire new team.

Postecoglou hasn’t emulated Jansen yet as he isn’t over the line. But if he gets there, Lambert will see the similarities.

He explained: “I just had a feeling he was right for the club with his demeanour.

"The way he went in and was really calm. He would have realised he needed to win games due to the size of the club.

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