Celtic legend Kenny Dalglish believes Rangers will deal with any challenge coming their way from Parkhead as the club continue their search for a new manager.
Ange Postecoglou is close to becoming Neil Lennon's replacement at the Hoops but he or any other candidate faces an almighty task to take on Steven Gerrard.
Gerrard celebrated a hat-trick of Manager of the Year prizes, scooping awards from the Scottish Football Writers, SPFL and PFA Scotland.
Despite the Double heroics of Callum Davidson at St Johnstone, Dalglish believes it's still his former player at Liverpool that deserves all the honours.
But he knows Gerrard won't stand still - and will be ready for whatever Celtic throw at him.
Speaking in his Sunday Post column, Dalglish said: "Success should help (St Johnstone) to create revenue, and they will find that they have to consider lucrative bids for one or two of their players, including midfielder Ali McCann.
"Callum may also be on the radar of one or two clubs, and that’s to be expected given the success he has brought to Perth.
"But, for all his excellent work, the style of football he had the team playing and the improvement in many of the players, he is still short of Steven Gerrard for me.
"I can’t argue with Steven’s accolades and I’m not going to change my mind on who the best manager has been in the past 10 months.
"Steven now has to go and kick on again, and there will be severe pressure on him to do so.
"That said, most of the pressure will come from within.
"Steven and his staff put enormous demands on themselves day in, day out. They don’t like to settle for second best.
"He was a winner throughout his playing career with Liverpool and England, and he has carried that attitude into management, where he has more goals to achieve with Rangers.
"There will be a challenge to overcome in the next 12 months from Celtic, and Steven will be ready to face it head-on."
