Not even Sir Alex could challenge Rodgers’ Celtic

L Dons and Rangers don’t have players to compete, says Knox

If there was a poll to decide who is the greatest football manager of all time, then it is fair to say that Sir Alex Ferguson may well come out on top.

His achievements at Aberdeen and Manchester United were breathtaking and will probably never be equalled.

He presided over the greatest period in Aberdeen’s history, winning three titles and the Cup Winners Cup as well as four Scottish Cups and the League Cup in an astonishing six-year period.

Hisachievementsatoldtrafford were equally staggering, winning 13 league titles, two Champions League crowns, the Cup Winners Cup, five FA Cups and the League Cup four times.

However, according to his long-time right-hand man Archie Knox, he would not be able to dislodge Brendan Rodgers’ invincibles from their lofty perch at the top of the Scottish game if he was in charge of either Aberdeen or Rangers.

Knox, also Walter Smith’s lieutenant in the nine-in-arow era at Rangers, simply cannot see a way for the Ibrox side or Aberdeen to challenge properly unless they recruit the same level of player. He said: “Sir Alex would struggle if he was in charge of Rangers or Aberdeen going in against the current Celtic team.

“Unless you have the players and you recruit well or be lucky enough to have good players then you are not going to do it.

“For Rangers to get back to what they once were then they need to have the same level of player as Celtic and they have better players – it is not rocket science

“It will be a major task to 2 Knox, right, with Sir Alex Ferguson and the European Cup Winners’ Cup during their time together at Aberdeen. knock Celtic off their perch at the moment.

“I don’t see anybody doing that in the near future although I think Aberdeen might run them close this season

“There is no question that Celtic can deliver at the moment. There is no question about that.

“The level of player that Brendan Rodgers is bringing, getting the likes of Patrick Roberts back and Kieran Tierney being a phenomenal player, Stuart Armstrong improving all the time and Leigh Griffiths scoring goals as he does and having six players in the Scotland team is great for Celtic.

“You never know but I don’t know enough about the players at Rangers. Whether those players can come in and lift Rangers, I am not sure.

“What I will say is that they have to win their next two league games before they play Celtic.”

Knox, who was launching his autobiography The School of Hard Knox, has fatefully worked for three clubs at the best periods in their history and was still working as recently as 2013 as assistant to Craig Brown at Aberdeen.

He knows he has been fortunate but you do not work at such a level for so long if you do not possess a number of qualities. Knox, who had managed

0 Archie Knox with copies of his autobiogrpaphy at the launch in Glasgow.