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More highlights than the BBC- Watch Celtic 5-0 Inverness Caley Thistle

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Celtic completed their season in style by destroying Inverness Caley Thistle 5-0 in a near flawless performance.

From the combined opener engineered between Nir Bitton and Stefan Scepovic through to Kris Commons completing the scoring the hoops displayed the style of football that has swept aside their opponents to win the title for the fourth season running.

Only three of yesterday’s starting XI had been in Deila’s first ever side, Emilio Izaguirre, Stefan Johansen and Virgil van Dijk faced KR Reykjavik on July 15, although Leigh Griffiths, Anthony Stokes and Commons were among yesterday’s substitutes.

How many will be in the team that starts out next season will be the subject of speculation through the close season with returning to the group stages of the Champions League the target for everyone at the club.

Throughout the marathon season Deila has stuck rigidly to his 4-2-3-1 formation with Stefan Scepovic scoring twice in his first starting appearance since January.

The Serbian was Deila’s only permanent signing during last summer’s transfer window and has remained an enigma ever since his on-off-on transfer saga kicked off.

Yesterday’s display certainly confirmed that there are goals in the former Sporting Gijon striker- whether he can adapt into the system preferred by his manager remains to be seen.

For some time, possibly from the signings of Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven, Deila has been planning for the Champions League qualifiers.

Finding a replacement for Jason Denayer will be Deila’s first priority with the hoops boss going into the transfer market knowing that successfully getting through three qualifying rounds will transform his transfer budget- with just days remaining before the summer window closes!

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