‘WE CAN WIN TREBLE,’ DEILA

The champions can move nine points clear in the Premiership title race if they beat St Johnstone at Parkhead tomorrow night.

They take on Dundee United in the Scottish Cup quarter-final on Sunday and face the Tannadice men again in the League Cup Final on 15th March.

Deila knows he can emulate the feat managed by Jock Stein in 1967 and 69 and Martin O’Neill in 2001 by claiming a clean sweep.

The Norwegian insisted: “I think we are the best team. If we don’t get to our full potential then I will be disappointed, but the Cup is the Cup.

“You can get a red card, or be very unlucky, but if the performance is bad and we lose because we are not good enough then I will be a little bit disappointed because I believe we can do it.

“I didn’t say we were going to win the Europa League because that was not realistic, but it is realistic to win the treble.

“I know that it is up to us. If we don’t do it then we are not good enough, but high goals gets high demands and good performances and this group can handle it.

“This is a big, big chance, the players can make history.

“The players have done so many things, played in the Champions League and won the league but no players have won the treble.

“We have a real chance now so we just have to keep focused.”

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