Rangers takeover better get a move on and Cavenagh can help himself by making Barry Ferguson an offer – Keith Jackson

The party may have been postponed with the last kick of the ball yesterday afternoon.

But, even though Ianis Hagi pulled the plug on it in spectacular style, it’ll come around eventually.

And when it does the season will end exactly the way almost everyone thought it would before a ball had been kicked last August.

The way it always ends. With yet another league title wrapped up in green and white ribbons and delivered to Glasgow’s east end.

Granted, back then, it would have been impossible to imagine that the final chapter would involve Barry Ferguson playing such a prominent part.

This old adversary appeared to have gift-wrapped the trophy for them when he sent out a reserve side and watched it being roundly pummelled at Pittodrie - two goals and one man down by half time.

And Ferguson’s levels of distress may just have made the moment all the more sweeter for Celtic’s supporters who were already making their way towards another celebratory knees-up while their rivals still had 45 minutes more to suffer in the north east.

The pain that was etched all over Ferguson’s face throughout that first half yesterday afternoon will only have added to Celtic’s enjoyment.

And even though Hamza Igamane and Hagi combined to dig Rangers out of that hole and keep the champagne on ice, Ferguson knows his side’s fate has been long since sealed.

That he will be in the driving seat when Celtic finally do get their hands on the big prize, provides an unexpected footnote to make the climax to this campaign a little more memorable than it might have been had Philippe Clement still been dozing behind the wheel.

Ferguson and his back room team represent a reminder of what Rangers used to be all about back in the days before they rendered