Rogne cool on Jelavic exit

Celtic defender Thomas Rogne played down the potential impact of Nikica Jelavic's Rangers exit on the Clydesdale Bank Premier League title race.

The Croatia international striker, top scorer at Ibrox this season, signed for Everton on deadline day with Gers boss Ally McCoist unable to replace him.

Celtic lead the champions by one point and have a game in hand but Rogne is adamant the loss of Rangers' dangerman will not change the Hoops' mindset.

Rogne said: "We don't focus on other teams too much. We know Rangers is a good team no matter what.

"At the weekend they didn't have Jelavic and they still won 4-0 (against Hibernian) so Rangers is always going to be a good team and so are the other teams in the SPL."