MARK WARBURTON insists a summer of upheaval at Celtic won’t change his Rangers blueprint for a shot at the Premiership next term.

The Ibrox boss has already completed deals for Accrington Stanley pair Matt Crooks and Josh Windass ahead of the new campaign and is targeting another handful of recruits to bolster his Light Blues ranks this summer.

While Warburton already has his plans and shopping list in place, it will be a far different story at Celtic after it was confirmed that Ronny Deila will leave Parkhead at the end of the season.

Victory for the Gers at Hampden on Sunday didn’t help Deila’s chances of staying in Glasgow but Warburton won’t cast an eye across the city in the coming weeks.

He said: “It doesn’t affect us in the slightest. It doesn’t matter.

“No disrespect, it doesn’t matter what Celtic do, what Aberdeen do, what Hearts do. It is about Rangers and what we do.

“Our recruitment can’t be impacted by what other people do. That, if a club ever does that, is lunacy.

“What are our targets? We want to add value to what we have got, so go and get them. But what we do shouldn’t be impacted by another club, I don’t think.

“You guys are more experienced that I am. I don’t think Ronny moved on because of that result on Sunday. It will be seen maybe as a defining moment, I don’t know.

“I don’t think it was because of that result. I can’t believe that for one second.

“They are the champions and they look like they are going to win it again. So, right now, they are the number one club because they are the champions of the league.”

Rangers may have suffered a rare Championship defeat against Hibernian on Wednesday evening but the memories of Old Firm triumph are still fresh for Warburton and his players.

And the 53-year-old admits the Celtic clash has left a lasting impression after a dramatic shoot-out success for the Light Blues.

Warburton said: “I got lots [of messages]. It is nice messages from people that watched the game.

“I got messages from a lot of the NextGen clubs, who never text after we won the league.

“It was after the Old Firm because they all watched it. It just shows you the reach of the game, which is fantastic

“They (the fans) were happy. Frank has worked at Liverpool in the Champions League and on that dramatic night in Istanbul.

“He has seen the fans at Anfield and he couldn’t believe driving into the stadium on Sunday morning.

“There were thousands of blue shirts and scarves. Magnificent. The enormity and size of the club hit Frank.

“Someone like Frank, who has been at the highest level, when he tells you that you know it is a great club.”