Celtic the obituaries for his side were plentiful. The general perception from pundits and fans was that Brendan Rodgers would have to do major surgery to head off the threat coming from Mark Warburton's Rangers.
We know how that one turned out... With only two major signings in Moussa Dembele and Scott Sinclair coming in, the Northern Irishman transformed his side through work on the training pitch as he relentlessly drilled his stars.
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