Followers of Celtic and Rangers have succumbed to the Mounjaro effect, demanding quick fixes to intractable problems. But sport, like politics, business and personal relationships, requires time, hard work and tolerance, says Carlos Alba

It’s often said that football is a metaphor for life. Anyone living in Glasgow at the moment who believes that, must surely be strapped to a bed in a secure hospital for their own safety and that of others.

Jean Paul Sartre said that in football, everything in complicated by the presence of the opposite team and, in this city, the opposite team is not always the one on the pitch.

In the psychodrama of the century-and-a-half old grudge match between Rangers and Celtic, it matters not who either is playing at any given weekend or midweek. The real opponent is always each other.

In the two horse race of Scottish football, there is no glory in finishing second which means that when one side of what used to be called the Old Firm is up, the other is nowhere.

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What is unique about the current situation is that, despite the large gap that exists between the clubs at this early stage of the season – with five matches played Celtic are top of the league, nine points ahead of Rangers in tenth spot – it appears that followers of both clubs are equally disgruntled.

In this football mad city, when the fans are unhappy it casts a pall of gloom from which it’s difficult to escape. In pubs and cafes, at workplaces and bus stops the........

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