Rangers fans change their tune as rousing classic rings out to mark Clement's Premiership pinnacle

It’s four months since Philippe Clement walked into Ibrox and found a club burning with flames of frustration and fury. Now having put out that inferno, the big Belgian’s job is to douse Celtic’s title ambitions once and for all.

It’s been a remarkable start to life in Glasgow for the former Club Brugge and Monaco gaffer. The shriek from the alarm bells that were set off when Michael Beale’s team found themselves seven points behind after just seven games has now been replaced by the sound of jubilant cheers.

“We shall not be moved,” roared the Rangers support in Perth on Sunday as they watched their team move two points ahead at the top. Frankly, anyone suggesting that kind of turnaround on that bleak day back in September when it looked like the Ibrox support were ready to torch the place to the ground would have needed their head checked. But Clement has managed to light a fire under this team and it is now the favourites to blaze a trail all the way to the title.

Key to that renewed faith has been the rapid improvement in the Ibrox individuals. Cyriel Dessers was ready to be written off as one of the club’s worst ever signings - but now the Nigerian is averaging a goal every other game under his new boss bagged 11 goals in 22 appearances.

John Lundstram, Ridvan Yilmaz and Todd Cantwell are regularly putting in the best performances of their Gers careers. And then you have skipper James Tavernier.

So often, the right-back was the man saddled with the scapegoat tag, with his eight-year tenure an excuse for some fans to lay the blame at so many failures over that period at his door. But no-one can deny the importance of his role in Rangers’ resurgence. Three assists in midweek against Ross County have been followed up