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The glow of our third consecutive SPL title under Gordon Strachan is enduring. Everywhere you look, there are relaxed, contented, smiling Celtic fans still talking about that perfect Thursday evening.

And that sense of the wellbeing of our club seems to be felt by our players too. Leo Beenhaker has already revealed that he had to “cleanse the minds” of Artur Boruc and other players of distractions during Poland’s Euro 2008 preparations. In Artur’s case, according to Beenhaker, that was the high he was still feeling after our dramatic title win. Let’s hope he is here for number four.

As for other Euro 2008 players, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink has moved quickly to dismiss rumours that he will leave for Feyenoord or Werder Bremen and stated categorically that he will be a Celtic player next season.

Often misunderstood and under-appreciated by some fans and a few pundits, Jan has scored some tremendously important goals and is just the sort of player that every other Scottish team’s defence would love to see plying his trade anywhere outside of Scotland.

It is a mark of Jan’s ability that his critics often highlight similarities with John Hartson, who also found that you just can’t convince some people that there is more than one kind of striker. In reality they are very different players but our Dutch international has the eye for goal to match his aerial power and has made a huge contribution to our success.

His winner against Dundee Utd was a fitting reward for his efforts through the season and no fan of Celtic – or especially Rangers – will need reminding of his last-minute strike against Glasgow’s second club at Celtic Park. For many, that was the moment the race turned. There was much football still to be played but the momentum and sense of destiny seemed to be with Celtic.

Good strikers are on the spot when they are most needed and Jan has delivered for us time after time.

• By contrast, the latest Rangers coup is signing Kenny Miller, who worked hard for Celtic but simply was unable to score enough goals. Having gone to Derby where he was part of the worst-ever Premiership team only to return to Ibrox, we need hardly be full of trepidation at his return. However, he will likely continue to play well and deliver little end product. We should wish him well – it’s more than the Rangers support seem capable of doing.