Neil Lennon tips Celtic to smash Rangers title record and win 56 under Brendan Rodgers

Neil Lennon insisted Brendan Rodgers can get Celtic fans back onside by smashing Rangers’ record of 55 titles.

There are still sections of the fanbase who haven’t forgiven him for quitting to join Leicester City in February 2019. Lennon is convinced, though, that Rodgers can win over the doubters with more record-breaking achievements after he won seven trophies out of seven during his first spell.

Rodgers publicly declared this week that he won’t walk out on the Hoops before the end of the three-year deal he’s signed and Lennon claims that his fellow Irishman can smash Rangers’ record of 55 titles – Celtic are currently on 53 – by the time that agreement ends. Pundits and former players have stressed that Rangers are a different proposition now than when Rodgers’ team frequently scored four or five against them at Parkhead, Ibrox and Hampden during his first spell in Glasgow.

Lennon agrees but still backs Brendan to come out on top. “He’ll see that as a challenge and he’ll embrace it,” he argued. “You want to be pushed because it keeps you and your players on their toes.

“Celtic already have a guaranteed goalscorer in Kyogo Furuhashi and I’m sure Brendan will add another to that department as well. Look at it this way. Brendan’s signed a three-year contract and has publicly promised to fulfil it. If he can win the league in each of those seasons then Celtic will have overtaken Rangers with 56 titles.

“That’s an incentive for the board, the management and the players. It’ll be just one more thing which we have over them, added to the European Cup win, the Invincible Treble, the Quadruple Treble and two nine-in-a-rows. So if Brendan can reach 56 before Rangers then the section of the support who are still wary of him