DANNY Wilson last night dismissed suggestions Celtic are out of sight of Rangers in the Ladbrokes Premiership and insisted the Ibrox club could be “breathing down their necks” in a couple of months.

Mark Warburton’s side was thrashed 5-1 by Brendan Rodgers’s team in the opening Glasgow derby match of the 2016/17 campaign at Parkhead last month.

The Championship winners, who are playing in the top flight for the first time in four years, are currently seven points adrift of the defending Scottish champions, who have a game in hand.

However, centre half Wilson, who predicted Rangers could win the Premiership in the summer, believes his side is performing far better and can bridge the gap with Celtic.

“You look at it just now and we’re not in a great position and obviously everything would point towards favouring Celtic," he said.

“But it’s very early, we’ve got a lot of games left and no doubt they will drop points and no doubt we’ll drop points over the course of the season.

“There’s a long way to go. Hopefully we get some more points on the board and a couple of months down the line we’ll be breathing down their necks.”