The Glasgow footballing divide sure is a fierce one, with the Old Firm derby being one of the most volatile in European football.

Rangers and Celtic have had some colossal encounters over the years, though the financial meltdown at Ibrox in recent times has clearly seen the Bhoys brought to the forefront of Scottish football unparalleled.

The two will resume their rivalry on a more regular basis following Gers’ promotion back to the Premier League, though the Scottish Cup semi-final tomorrow represents another huge clash.

Though money has obviously been a huge issue for the returning Rangers, the hard lessons the club have learnt over the past few years have not appeared to reach everyone who follows them.

Lloyd Cross posted an Instagram photo claiming he had spent £400 for hospitality tickets in the CELTIC end simply in order to prevent two more Hoops fans from attending.

A photo posted by Lloyd Cross (@lloydcross55) on Apr 15, 2016 at 10:06am PDT

He captioned the photo: ‘Got two Tarrier end hospitality tickets £200 quid each, they will not be sold though two less beggin ***** ***** will be there on Sunday 400 bucks well spent I think.’

As if that wasn’t enough, Lloyd then posted a follow up in which it looked as if he CUT the £400 tickets up at great expense.

A photo posted by Lloyd Cross (@lloydcross55) on Apr 16, 2016 at 3:37am PDT

Literally.

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Monday night produced one of the incredible moments the Premier League has ever witnessed, as Chelsea’s two-goal comeback against Tottenham Hotspur sealed the English title for everybody’s favourite underdog Leicester City.We at Football Fancast were chuffed for the Foxes, as were the lads in the Sky Sports Studio, every journalist on Fleet Street and well, pretty much anybody who isn’t a Tottenham Hotspur fan. Actually, some of them were pretty pleased as well, despite seeing their side miss out on the title.So you can imagine how elated those actually associated with the club were yesterday evening. Just to put Leicester’s miracle into perspective, this is the first top-flight title in the club’s 132-year history and as recently as 2009, the Midlands outfit were fighting it out in the Championship.Soaking in a once-in-a-lifetime moment, we’re pretty sure the vast majority of Leicester fans are still out there celebrating. Nonetheless,Âthe internet is already overflowing with images of Foxes fans and players celebrating. Here are ten of the best!

PUB PARTY

Where better place to start than the pub? Preferably one filled with Leicester City fans, celebrating like there’s no tomorrow!

Lineker’s humble roots

Gary Lineker is everybody’s favourite Leicester City fan. But it’s a little-known fact his family still run a Fruit and Veg stall in the city centre.

Street Party

The pub party has spilled out onto the street with this topless man seemingly leading the fun. Similar images assumed across the entirety of Leicestershire.

Leicester’s Thailand Massive

Leicester’s miraculous season has seen their profile reach unprecedented highs in the Far East. Their Asian supporter base have been representing since last night.

NO JUSTICE NO PEACE

Even the Leicester 5-0 aren’t stopping this fan from celebrating by mounting their fan and taking his top off.

KING POWER PARTY

When Chelsea scored their second goal yesterday evening, fans began flocking to the King Power Stadium. This looks like one hell of a party!

PURE EMOTION

If you ever needed to know how much the title means to Leicester City fans, just look at these two lads. Full-grown men, holding each other and on the verge of tears.

THE SLOW-MO DRAG

We’re hoping this unorthodox celebration, courtesy of Leicester captain Wes Morgan, becomes common place in the world football repertoire – besides Robin van Pesie’s iconic ‘planking’ and Daniel Sturridge’s twirly-armed dance.

ALL AROUND THE WORLD

The footballing world united to celebrate Leicester’s incredible title on social media – with a whopping 5.5 million tweets sent out across the globe!

JAMIE VARDY’S HAVIN’ A PARTY

Who else but the Leicester City boys themselves, partying harder than Jamie Vardy on his last night in Ibiza? Something tells me this short clip will become an iconic moment in Premier League history.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is in “continuous contact†with Udinese midfielder Piotr Zielinski, who is desperate to join the Reds despite rival interest in his signature, according to Emanuele Giulianelli.

The Poland international, who represented his home country at EURO 2016 this summer, has been mooted as one of the Reds’ key transfer targets for much of the past few months.

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However, a fractious relationship between Liverpool and Udinese – caused by a fall-out with the Serie A side’s owners, the Pozzo family, due to Jerome Sinclair’s Watford move – has been an issue for the club, which has allowed Napoli into the race, while AC Milan are the latest club to have been seriously aligned with the man who shone while on loan at EmpoliÂlast term.

However, respected Italian football journalist, Giulianelli, has taken to Twitter to shed some light on the situation, claiming that Klopp is working hard to get the deal done and that Zielinski himself wants to move to Anfield:

He tweeted: “Klopp is in continuous contact with Zielinski: despite verbal agreements between Udinese and Milan, the player pushes to join Liverpool.â€

Zielinski has already been pictured in a Liverpool shirt this summer, hinting that he is extremely keen on a move to the Premier league side.

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Mauricio Pochettino and Jurgen Klopp are two of the most intriguing managers in the league.

Ignore Conte, Guardiola or Mourinho, these two bosses know how they want their sides to set up and tend to execute it to perfection, with intelligent selections and brave decisions.

This weekend, two of the league’s most entertaining sides face-off. One team, you would suggest, is further down the process of transition of the other. Spurs have gone past the inconsistency stage, have bought sensibly and are now looking to kick on towards silverware. Liverpool, on the other hand, are still battling against the up and downs of performances.

Jurgen Klopp takes time to instil his way of playing, get his players to the necessary level of fitness and mould the squad precisely how he needs it. Fans may become impatient, but there is only so much that can be changed from the doldrums of Brendan Rodgers’ final year in a short period of time.

This game, for all of these reasons, is notoriously unpredictable. We’ve given predicting it a go, anyway…

Goal bonanza

There will be a plethora of attacking talent on show at White Hart Lane for this one. Each side boasts are a frankly rude amount of attacking options, giving Klopp and Pochettino plenty of tactical flexibility in the final third. Liverpool possess terrifying pace, whilst Spurs are a finely-tuned unit, whoever they opt to start.

Janssen started with Kane playing just behind him last time out, giving Pochettino the luxury of introducing the supremely gifted Dele Alli from the bench.

Although Spurs have the defence to resist, Liverpool are almost nailed on to find the net. If you’re a betting man, a flutter on both teams to score is a beauty for this cracker. There’s little faith in Liverpool’s defence, but their attack looks yet more fearsome after netting five in midweek.

Any combination of players could start in for these two sides, but one thing is for sure, there will be goals in this.

Lamela to dominate

Ragnar Klavan, James Milner or Alberto Moreno.

Jurgen Klopp isn’t blessed with the greatest options at left-back, is he?

It’s a much discussed issue for the Reds, the fans are constantly demanding a signing in this position, but it’s not going to happen in time for this clash (if it does at all). The worry for Klopp is that Spurs’ most improved player, Erik Lamela, will be working his magic on that flank.

The former AS Roma winger has already contributed five key passes in only two games and will be a significant creative force again. Liverpool’s left-sided forward will have to track Kyle Walker’s energetic bursts down the right, too, as the full-back overlaps to create more space on the inside-right for the Argentine.

Not so Dier

It was no mistake that Eric Dier was so very key for England this summer. Or before that, even.

The former Sporting Lisbon defender was transitioned into midfield by Pochettino last season and became the midfield lynch pin for the Lilywhites as a result. He reads the game exceptionally, can compete with anyone physically and does not risk losing the ball when in possession.

Dier, simply speaking, is one of the best in the league at what he does. He sweeps up and protects, he’s exactly the sort of player that Liverpool are currently lacking in their midfield

Liverpool’s third man runners can tear defences apart, but with Dier in the middle, Spurs should have no such worries.

His presence alone could well be the swing factor in this game.

West Ham are rumoured to be one of the sides leading the chase to sign Martin Odegaard from Real Madrid on loan. The young Norwegian burst on to the scene in 2014 making his senior international debut against the United Arab Emirates and in doing so became the youngest player ever to play for the Norwegian national team at 15 years-old. Later on that year he would go on to become the youngest player to ever feature in the qualifying stages for the European Championships.

Naturally, this attracted the interest of some of the world’s biggest clubs and he soon made the switch to Real Madrid. Since then it hasn’t quite worked out though and many think a move away from the club on loan at least would help aid his progression.

West Ham could be the place to go for the Norwegian but it might not just be him that sees his future with the Hammers. There’s plenty of other names linked with the club and here are FOUR of them…

Achraf Lazaar

Lazaar has been at Palermo for two years and has largely impressed with his performances down the left side. He can play as a left midfielder but is primarily used as a left back – a position the Hammers could do with strengthening. Aaron Cresswell would be the club’s first choice left back but with his injury record the place is up for grabs and the Moroccan Lazaar might be able to make the spot his own.

Charlie Taylor

West Ham clearly feel they need strengthening down the left side of defence because Taylor plays there too. The Leeds man has seen a bid for him rejected already this Summer from the Hammers by his club but it wouldn’t be surprising to see another bid lodged before the end of the window. He made 39 appearances for Leeds last season and will be a key player wherever he is come September.

Manolo Gabbiadini

The Hammers also look to be interested in strengthening their striking options. With only Andy Carroll as a regular goal-scorer, and that’s only if he’s fit, the club need extra forwards. Gabbiadini played second fiddle to Gonzalo Higuain at Napoli last season and although the Argentine has now moved on, he may still be interested in a move. The interest has been there this Summer, whether a deal happens remains to be seen.

Carlos Bacca

Will it or won’t it? It’s been one of the transfer sagas this Summer and as yet West Ham still haven’t completed the signing of Carlos Bacca. The Hammers’ interest in the striker is well documented as they look for European experience up top but fans must be getting frustrated with the lack of movement. Whatever the situation, if it’s going to happen, it needs to happen fast.

It’s safe to say not many people gave Celtic much hope when they arrived at Parkhead on Wednesday evening.

After a 7-0 crushing away loss at Barcelona in the last round, everyone seemed to tout the Bhoys as the potential group whipping boys, and you couldn’t blame anyone for that view. Brendan Rodgers’ side were given a footballing lesson at the Nou Camp, a lesson in ruthlessness, consistency and counter-attacking.

So when they returned to Scotland seven goals worse off, people really ruled them out of the running to get out of the group. But fast-forward a couple of weeks to their tie against Man City and things are looking a whole lot different. A cracking 3-3 draw at home in Scotland was truly deserved and if anything, it proved to the world that Celtic do have every chance of getting out of this tough Champions League group.

Not convinced? Here are THREE reasons why Celtic can make it to the last 16…

Pure heart and spirit

Everything the Hoops showed against Manchester City was missing against Barcelona. It’s a well-proven fact that the other sides in this group do have more footballing quality, but regardless you can’t buy Celtic’s pure spirit and heart.

Three times they took the lead against Pep Guardiola’s side on Wednesday night and despite the Premier League giants battling back, they kept going and held out for a draw, even when things got nervy towards the end.

Footballing talent is one thing but having a squad that is willing to learn from defeats and work for each other always has the chance of pulling off an upset.

Time is on their side

We’re just two games into the Champions League group stages and whilst Barcelona are sitting pretty at the top of Group C, Celtic have plenty of time to turn it around. With a double header against bottom-of-the-table Borussia Monchengladbach up next, it really is crunch time for Brendan Rodgers and his players.

But after that, they’ve still got games against City and Barcelona. They’ll probably be hoping results go in their favour and Barcelona run away with the group but still, with four fixtures left to play, there are plenty of opportunities for Celtic to pick up points.

Their supporters really are the 12th man

We see it year after year, Celtic supporters never ever disappoint. Travelling in their thousands they’re an extremely impressive bunch of fans on the road, but it’s at home where they really give their side a much-needed boost.

The atmosphere against Manchester City was absolutely electric and you can really see how the Celtic Park faithful carry their team. There are some young players in the squad and to have those fans shouting, cheering and supporting the team in the fanatical way they do is absolutely fantastic.

Barcelona know how special the atmosphere can get in Scotland and the Bhoys will hope their supporters could help them get an unlikely three points when they welcome the Catalans at the end of November.

The Sun have delivered for us during our hours of need (the international break, that is) with an intriguing transfer update, in which they claim Manchester United remain keen on Antoine Griezmann and that they hope having his close friend, Paul Pogba, at Old Trafford will give them an advantage when trying to sign him.

What’s the story?

Manchester United’s interest in the Frenchman is not overly new – Bleacher Report put out an interesting piece on this just after the last transfer window closed – and The Sun have waded in with some more tantalising details.

Although they claim that Chelsea and Arsenal are both keen on the Atletico Madrid hit-man, the crux of the newspaper’s report centres around Man United being in for him, (he’s their No.1 target, no less) and the role Pogba could play. They believe that with the compatriots ‘pals’ off the pitch, the attacker may be swayed towards Manchester, should he decide it’s time to leave Madrid in 2017.

Agent Pogba…

It may be a case of The Sun putting two and two together to make five, but they do have some back-up to suggestions Pogba may be influential in the form of quotes from Griezmann about his relationship with the world’s most expensive player:

“We get on very well. It is true that the EUROs has brought us closer together still.

“Paul is a really nice guy. He is it! We send messages, Snapchats. He’s really a good friend. When he plays with his club, I try to look at it to see if he had a good game or not.â€

Pogba is known to be quite the character off the pitch, so perhaps Griezmann may be tempted to unite with him in England, although personal friendship is by no means the most serious factor to be considered by a player at the top of his game.

Is he attainable?

Yes. The Telegraph claim that he has a £89.3m release clause in his contract and even with Atletico Madrid’s transfer ban they would be powerless to do anything should that be triggered. Granted, that’s a huge sum of money, but Chelsea are thought to be willing to pay the fee needed, and Man United are one of the very richest football clubs on the planet, so they themselves may be able to pay out just a year after securing Pogba.

Outside of the Premier League, it’s hard to see any other club side being able to lure him away, with Real Madrid’s rivalry with Atletico potentially enough to put him off the switch, while Barcelona’s financial situation isn’t at its healthiest.

There’s the prospect of Paris Saint-Germain coming in with their surplus of Middle Eastern cash, but Griezmann himself is likely to see the Premier League or Spain as the destinations for him given the qualities of the top leagues.

Will it happen?

Man United have the money, there’s a release clause in place and Griezmann may elect to move to a truly elite side in 2017, but the crucial factor for the Red Devils is Champions League qualification. If they are in the big time, there’s every chance Pogba could be the x-factor in their favour… about time he got an assist!

Tottenham saw their title challenge take a huge boost on Saturday as they won at home against West Ham 3-2, with many of their rivals at the summit dropping points.

The Lilywhites thought they had gone ahead early on only to see Christian Eriksen’s strike ruled out for offside and soon after went behind thanks to Michail Antonio’s headed effort.

1-0 was how it stayed until after half time when young midfielder Harry Winks scored from close range to suggest a better second 45 was in store.

That is what happened, eventually, as Manuel Lanzini converted a penalty for the Hammers to make the score 2-1 and White Hart Lane crowd uneasy.

They needn’t have been, however, as two late Harry Kane goals sealed the victory for the men from north London – leaving West Ham fans to seriously wonder how three points slipped away from them.

A pulsating finish. Here are five things we learned from a chaotic ninety minutes.

Tottenham need more players

Tottenham’s squad just doesn’t seem big enough to cope with all that is going to be thrown at them in the coming months. Whilst their first XI is up there with pretty much any side in the league, their bench today just did not look good enough and, despite the win, that will worry Mauricio Pochettino ahead of the January window. The Argentine will surely try and get some extra players in, but finding good quality footballers available in the mid-season window is notoriously tough.

West Ham have to keep a back three despite losing

West Ham have followed Chelsea in adopting the vogue 3-4-3 formation in recent weeks and it looks as though it’s going to pay off for them too. For much of the game the system was working a treat with Tottenham being kept at bay, until the men in claret and blue capitulated right at the very end. Spurs couldn’t get their press going and the Hammers found themselves controlling large portions of the match but ultimately, blew it when it mattered.

Spurs need to work on new systems

Spurs couldn’t play their favoured 4-2-3-1 thanks to their injury list and their performance suggested they haven’t really worked on a back-up plan for this eventuality. They couldn’t get their press going nor could they get much joy down the flanks, and if they are forced to play a different formation with two strikers up top again, they may suffer once more. The second half was better as the game stretched and Dele Alli came onto restore their usual formation, but that flexibility will be needed throughout the campaign.

Antonio deserves more with England

The former Nottingham Forest man found the net once again and genuinely deserves more than sitting on the bench for England. He’s one of the top scorers in the league despite playing in midfield for a side that has struggled this season yet he still finds himself not in the England line-up. There’s no international break until March now, so the test for the wing-forward will be to try and keep these levels up until the next squad.

 Tottenham could just win the league

Out of all the sides challenging for the title this season, you got the impression that Spurs were beginning to flag  until the last minutes of this one. The Lilywhites kept going until the very end and got their reward as West Ham fell to bits and that kind of belief will undoubtedly give them huge momentum as we head into Christmas. Spurs remain the only unbeaten side in the league and this could turn out to be a pivotal win when we look back on things in May.

Liverpool eventually got what they were looking for against Sunderland on Saturday afternoon as they overcame an organised Black Cats defence and an injury to one of their key men to secure a 2-0 victory.

The first half of the game suggested the Reds fans watching on would be frustrated as the relegation-threatened visitors, fresh from winning back-to-back games, took everything that was thrown at them in their stride.

Indeed, the contest really threatened to fizzle out after Philippe Coutinho suffered a pretty nasty-looking injury to his right ankle that has clearly unsettled some of his team-mates.

Nevertheless, it’s in adversity champions often define themselves and the Anfield side kept throwing punch after punch before finally breaking through the Black Cats’ rearguard.

Divock Origi, on for the injured Coutinho, scored the breakthrough to the delight of the home support as they eventually imposed themselves on the game.

More chances would follow, too, but it was not until James Milner’s penalty in injury time that the seal on the three points became apparent.

2-0 it finished, then, and here are five great images to help sum it all up…

Coutinho injured

The image that Reds fans didn’t want to see. The little Brazilian has been in top form this season, linking up to devastating effect with Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino to help Liverpool score the most goals of any Premier League side. So seeing him stretchered off  will have many fans predicting the club’s attacking potency could suffer a real blow. The extent of the injury remains to be discovered, but it didn’t look good from first impressions.

Milner seals it

It was an edgy affair at Anfield but Mr. Reliable’s penalty was enough to settle the crowd down and secure the win. The Reds were 1-0 up by the time they’d been awarded a penalty, but Milner still needed to hit the back of the net to allay any fears of a late Sunderland revival. Hit the back of the net he did, though, and amid the cheering Kopites you could hear a rather large collective sigh of relief. Job done at last.

Sunderland dejected

Sunderland were looking good for a draw as they put in a pretty solid display until Liverpool’s quality eventually told. The Black Cats should take heart from another good performance, though, and will feel that on another day they could have been leaving Anfield with at least a point. These games won’t define their season but if they can replicate these levels of application for the ones that will, they should be just fine in the battle against relegation.

Klopp on form

Klopp had to be at his orchestrating best to get a tune out of his players and the Anfield crowd. He was bouncing around the touch line, kicking every ball as he so often does, and eventually it was enough to get the result most of the 40-odd thousand packed inside the stadium wanted. He’s going to feel every single kick of this Premier League title run and we’re going to enjoy watching him do it.

Relief for Liverpool

Last season, this game would have ended up as a draw. Indeed, many times in the last few years, the Reds would not have found a way to win – so today’s victory speaks volumes of how far they’ve come this campaign. If you want to win the league you need grind results out sometimes, you can’t expect to batter teams each week. This was exactly that kind of game, with the shock of Coutinho’s injury not helping matters, but the three points were eventually secured to leave the club well in the title race.

This afternoon, Manchester City host Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium hoping they can win for the second time this week, while also dishing out a second defeat to Arsenal in four days.

The Citizens overcame Watford in midweek and in doing so recorded only their second clean sheet in 16 games. In beating the Hornets, Pep Guardiola masterminded a Premier League home victory – something that has not been witnessed by the club since September 17th.

The Gunners pose a much more stern challenge than City faced against Watford, as their title rivals’ midweek defeat to Everton was their first league loss since the opening day of the season to Liverpool.

This fixture has been unkind to Pep Guardiola’s side in recent years as City have not beaten the Gunners in any competition since their 6-3 victory in December 2013 (six meetings ago).

For Guardiola to turn this around, he must pick this starting XI…

GK: Claudio Bravo

In midweek against Watford, Bravo had one of his easier nights since his move from Barcelona in August. The Chile international has not settled into life at City too well, but another clean sheet against the Gunners could see his confidence grow.

Solidity is what City demand from Bravo and against Arsenal he must remain a confident figure between the sticks.

RB: Bacary Sagna

Despite scoring in midweek for City, Pablo Zabaleta is unable to contribute to three full games in one week at the age of 31.

In Zabaleta’s absence, former Arsenal right-back Bacary Sagna may step into the Argentine’s shoes and attempt to contain the fluid Gunners attack.

Sagna is arguably the better defender of the duo so Guardiola can have confidence in the French international.

CB: Nicolas Otamendi

Over the past month, the form of Nicolas Otamendi could be described as questionable. The defender continues to disappoint and look anything but worthy of his £30million price-tag.

The Argentine must contain Alexis Sanchez, arguably the league’s best player currently. If Otamendi can do so, then City beating Arsenal becomes a likely outcome.

CB: John Stones

In midweek, Guardiola returned to the 4-1-4-1 formation that proved so successful earlier in the season.

It was this formation that saw John Stones become one of the Premier League’s best defenders and against Arsenal, he must be allowed to flourish and impose his style of play on the match.

LB: Aleksandar Kolarov

There are not many players that divide opinion between supporters more than Aleksandar Kolarov.

The Serbian defender continues to disappoint for Citizens on a regular basis, but Guardiola rarely chooses a starting XI without him involved.

Theo Walcott’s pace could be effective against Kolarov so Guardiola must ensure the experienced ace receives the appropriate cover to contain the England winger.

DM: Fernando

With Fernandinho absent due to suspension, added to Ilkay Gundogan’s knee injury, Fernando’s importance to City’s title pursuit has drastically increased.

The former Porto midfielder has struggled to achieve regular first-team football at City, but with Fernandinho not set to return until next week, he must contain Granit Xhaka and further impress Guardiola ahead of the visit to Hull on Boxing Day.

CM: Yaya Toure

Toure’s role has become more significant following the knee injury picked up by Ilkay Gundogan as the Ivorian must provide the keys to unlocking the Arsenal door in the absence of the German international.

A big game player, it would be no surprise to see the veteran ace have a big impact.

CM: Kevin De Bruyne

After a barren month, De Bruyne was influential in City overcoming Watford in midweek.

The Belgian provided the assist for City’s first goal which took him to eight in the Premier League – the highest in Europe.

De Bruyne was impressive during City’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal in May, and another world-class display is urgently required to bring a halt their title rivals’ challenge.

RM: Raheem Sterling

During the two weeks of Premier League football Raheem Sterling missed due to a knee injury, City struggled to add the required pace to stretch opposition defences.

Against the Hornets in midweek, Sterling was sensational and was City’s main attacking threat.

A question mark surrounds his big game ability, but there’s only one way to silence his doubters…

LM: David Silva

This Sunday’s game will mark five years to the very day since David Silva’s winner secured City a 1-0 victory over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium.

The Spanish international scored City’s second in midweek as he continues to find the form that has devastated defences since 2010.

If Silva can get the better of Hector Bellerin, City could severely hurt Arsenal’s potential title chances.

ST: Kelechi Iheanacho

The young Nigerian forward was expected to thrive with Sergio Aguero missing through suspension.

However, Guardiola dropped the 20-year-old against Watford and played Nolito as the central striker.

City missed the outlet upfront as Nolito, despite playing well, continued to fall deep instead of holding his line in the 2-0 victory. Iheanacho must start against the Gunners.