Celtic fans have reacted after Rangers officially announced that they had parted with Philippe Clement as the club's manager.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has now seen off his fifth Ibrox rival and has spoken out about Rangers sacking Philippe Clement.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers made a classy claim after Philippe Clement was sacked by Rangers at the weekend.

Rangers boss Philippe Clement has insisted he is not thinking about the board assessing his future as he is focused on taking the Gers ‘back to where they should be’. Clement’s situation became even worse at Rangers on Saturday afternoon when St Mirren turned up at Ibrox and eased to a 2-0 win.

Clement was dismissed on Sunday after a 2-0 home defeat to St Mirren left Rangers 13 points behind Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic. Rangers also crashed out of the Scottish Cup with a shock defeat to second-tier Queen's Park.

When Clement had arrived at Ibrox last season, as the replacement for Mick Beale, he had made a positive impact for sure. Rangers won the League Cup and overturned Celtic's lead in the Premiership.

Rangers are set to sack manager Philippe Clement following Saturday's home defeat to St Mirren. According to various reports a board meeting was held with Rangers chiefs deciding to bring the Belgian manager's tenure to an end after 16 months.

Rangers have sacked Philippe Clement just a day after their shock defeat to St Mirren left them 13 points behind Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic. ( More Football News) Clement's side had won each of their last five league games before Saturday's 2-0 defeat at home to St Mirren.