RONNY DEILA admits he is not interested in playing Rangers in the League Cup - just his team being crowned winners.

He declared: "If we win the treble, the history books will show that we won the treble, not that we beat Rangers. So you have to see a bigger picture than that."

The Parkhead gaffer delivered his no-nonsense verdict ahead of tomorow's League Cup semi-final draw. Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen and Dundee United are the four clubs left to contest the first trophy of the campaign.

Fans of both clubs have been waiting two-and-a-half years for a clash between the two sides since Rangers' demise down the divisions.

But while Deila understands the clamour from many around the club, he admits his focus is purely on hoisting the trophy aloft at Hampden on March 15.

He said: "I understand there are a lot of emotions around it. I have seen it and I know about it.

"But it's about winning trophies, that's what we want.

"Whoever we meet in the semi-final we have to go and make a good performance and we know we can beat everybody.

"If that happens, of course, it is a fantastic thing, something that Glasgow has that is huge and fun and good, I look forward to that.

"I want to win. That's what I want. The treble is tough.

"It is tough to keep on going in three competitions. You have the Europa League as well. So you are playing matches all the time.

"Right now, the players are preparing well for so many matches.

"I've never been to an Old Firm game, I've only seen it on television. I also spoke to Vidar Riseth about it from his time at Celtic, so I know everything about it."

As a player and manager who has won every domestic honour in his Norwegian homeland, it is clear Deila is hungry to further add to his collection in Scotland.

And even though he believes his team have the ability to beat any of the three clubs still left in the draw with them, he is under no illusions as to how tough a task that will be.

He said: "We should be the best team in Scotland, that's what we want, that is our ambition.

"But it's close, and especially in the cup anything can happen.

"I think to win things changes everybody. I came here to win, that was important, and to play well and excite the fans.

"Still we have not been regularly exciting the fans and we have still not won anything so when we get those things people will trust you and go with you.

"But I think I have good support inside and outside the club, people are very nice, it's always, always a doubt in people when a new, unknown manager comes in and I have to prove myself that I am good enough. That's what I am aiming for."