‘We have to’ – Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon has an interesting message involving Celtic

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Another drama-filled and action-packed Premiership campaign came to an end last month.

Celtic walked to the title again, whilst there were a few surprises, including Hearts finishing in the bottom half and falling to the wrong side of the table after the split.

The Edinburgh-based club have Celtic hero Craig Gordon in between the sticks, as the 42-year-old is still going strong, five years after leaving the champions of Scotland.

Despite a season to forget for Hearts, including sacking Steven Naismith and Neil Critchley, there is a sense of optimism at the club going forward.

That’s because Hearts are changing their ways at the top of the club, and they have their ambitions set pretty high.

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Craig Gordon on Hearts challenging Celtic

Celtic have dominated Scotland for two decades now, including winning 14 out of the last 15 titles, as well as the double last term.

But Gordon is hoping, with Hearts’ new investor Tony Bloom in town, they can try to challenge and even win the Premiership title, as he told Sky Sports.

Bloom, who follows an analytic system, has helped Brighton rise from the lower leagues in England to European football, as well as guiding Royale Union Saint-Gilloise to their first Belgian title in 2024/25.

“I think that’s what we have to try and achieve,” said Gordon. “That will probably take time. It’s probably something that isn’t going to happen straight away.

“But we can see how well the teams that have used the Jamestown analytic system have done. They have won the league in Belgium (with Royale Union Saint-Gilloise), which is some going when you recognise the size of the clubs that are there, so it is possible.

“I think over time, it’s something that we will grow into this club, and hopefully, benefit us and get us closer to Celtic and Rangers. And possibly even challenging them on the odd season.”

Who will challenge Celtic next season?

Celtic finished 17 points clear last term, and once again, nobody really came close, even though Rangers won a few Glasgow derbies, and Aberdeen won the Scottish Cup.

Hibernian finished the season very strongly, but were still a mammoth 35 points behind, whilst Jimmy Thelin’s men didn’t even finish in the top four after that rapid start to the campaign.

Rodgers has won the title in all four of his seasons in Glasgow, and you just can’t see past him again, regardless of what other clubs are doing.

Russell Martin is Rangers’ new manager, but there is a clear gulf in quality between the two, whilst nobody outside of Glasgow has managed to win the Premiership title since 1985.