James Tavernier throws down Celtic title gauntlet as Rangers captain declares 'the sky is the limit for this team'

Captain fantastic James Tavernier won’t argue with a Rangers fans daring to dream. Instead, the Light Blues’ Hampden hero insists it is his team’s duty to transform fantasy into reality in the chase for a remarkable clean sweep at home and abroad.

A season that was in danger of becoming a nightmare as things unravelled under Michael Beale, now has a very different feel for the Ibrox support with new boss Philippe Clement still unbeaten. Tavernier’s stunning winner yesterday bagged the season’s first prize – but the skipper can’t hide from the fact the punters will now be demanding more.

Expectation levels will be soaring with Celtic apparently on the slide towards civil war and a title race that looked dead and buried only eight weeks ago is all of a sudden too close to call. There’s the Scottish Cup to come too and with Rangers also looking forward to Europa League last 16 action in the new year, there are bold notions floating around that this might be the year Gers can go for all four. It might be fanciful at this stage, but as far as Tavernier is concerned, let them dream.

He said: “That’s what football is. If you are four-years-old, 10-years-old or if you are a fully grown man or woman, you dream about things in football. The fans will be dreaming that we can win everything.

“Us as a team? We have got to put ourselves in a good position to manage to do that. We have done that today with the first trophy so we have got to continue to build on this.

“The sky is the limit with the team. You talk about the league. There are plenty of games to be played and the final decision will be made in May.

“We’re in great stead now. We’ve got our hands on a trophy, we’ve topped the group in Europe, it’s been a huge week. We’ve got