Tierney: Brendan Rodgers' contract no distraction for Celtic

Glasgow Times

2 days ago

Tierney admits that the chance to work again with Rodgers was a major bonus in coming back to his boyhood club at this stage of his career, and he clearly would love the Celtic boss to hang around beyond the end of his current contract.
But he is also adamant that speculation over Rodgers' future will have little impact on their collective drive for success this season.
"I don't think he'll bother too much about the kind of outside noise or that,' Tierney said.
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'He'll just get on with his job because he knows he's got a job to do, and as his players, we've got a job to do. And we need to do it to the best of our ability, and that takes hard work and commitment every single day, no days off and just being at it every day.
'I think with the captain that we've got, it's perfect having Callum (McGregor) and the manager as well together. It's a perfect combination.
"It's amazing how much he actually works, and the effort he puts in. I think we've seen the benefits of it the other night [in the friendly win over Sporting].
(Image: SNS Group Craig Williamson) "I think we played really well, had some good passages of play against a top team. But it just shows you how passionate he is that you can still see him shouting and wanting more.
'And I think you need that if you are going to win trophies, you need to be one hundred percent, all the time. Pre-season friendly, whether it's a Champions League qualifier, Scottish Cup, league, you need to be on it every single day, even in training. You need to be on it and the manager makes sure that we are."
Rodgers hardly had to give Tierney the big sell to persuade him to come back to Celtic Park, but the left-back revealed he had a laugh when pictures surfaced of the pair locked in conversation at a Celtic FC Foundation event in London last year, sending his fellow supporters into meltdown.
"I knew these pictures would get out!' he said.
'It's massive [the manager being here]. I've always kept in contact with him. He always texts me in the good times and the bad times through my career, gives me a phone call. And him and John Kennedy are the two people in football that I've looked up to most and I'm closest to.
'I'm buzzing to be back with the gaffer. I loved my time under him before. We were successful together. He got the best out of me and he's a joy to work with, and I'm delighted to be back with him."