Brendan Rodgers could become only the third Celtic manager to win a Treble this season – but he doesn’t believe that would inoculate him from the sack if things were to go belly up next term.

The Hoops boss has maintained that no matter how high his side might soar this term, that his own feet remain grounded since he is fully aware that a manager’s stock can rise and fall dramatically in a short spell of time.

“We could have a good season, win a double or treble, go unbeaten, whatever,” said Rodgers. “But the way modern society works there could be a clamour for me to be out by September [if things aren’t going well]. What can you do? You can only do your best.

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“That’s why I don’t get too carried away when we win or too disappointed when we lose.

“One day you walk on water, the next you’re the devil.”

Rodgers took Liverpool within touching distance of winning the English Premier League title in 2014, a Steven Gerrard slip being all that stood between the Anfield club and the Championship.

Yet, when things took a downward spiral under Rodgers it did not take long before he found himself in the ignominious position of taking the call that his services were no longer required.

It was a difficult spell in the 44-year-old’s career but one which he believes has hardened him to the realities of top flight management.

“We reached the Champions League for the first time in five or six seasons, played some of the best football in Europe, were scoring goals – one of the few in the league to score 100 goals – got offered a new deal and signed for four years, everything was great,” explained Rodgers. “Then a couple of months later there were cries for me to be out.

“So it could well happen here.

“As a manager you’re always looking to improve and be better. At Liverpool I always felt the players were with us. We an admirable draw against Everton - we never lost any of the derbies when I was there.

“But we had come from a difficult place, having been in a good place for a couple of years. We wanted to push on but we were managing through change. But when you come out of it then there’s relief for those closest around you because they are reading the articles and listening to things.

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“When you are the manager you are just focusing on your work and training sessions. You learn to ignore what’s being written - good and bad. It’s hard for the families and you don’t mind when it’s football but the problem comes when it becomes personal.

“As a manager you need to have that edge and that resistance to a lot of things but you want to protect the ones closest to you and they have to go through it. You don’t think it at the time but there’s a definite change once you come out.”

Claudio Ranieri was sacked as Leicester manager just months after being named the club’s greatest ever manager and leading the unfashionable club to the Premier League title last season.

The Italian had a difficult season, with Rodgers citing much of the pressure to the additional game time and preparation required for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.

The Celtic manager, though, believes the sacking of the affable Ranieri underlined the harshness of modern day management.

“It shows you that there is no loyalty in football,” said Rodgers. “It’s all about money.

“That aspect of loyalty has gone and the soul of football has disappeared. It’s still a wonderful and incredible game, but football has become materialistic.

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“There are a lot of values that are slowly slipping away.

“Claudio did a brilliant job in winning the league with Leicester and then what happens is - and what many people don’t understand - when you go into the Champions League you have many more games and the whole thing explodes.

“There are various things to consider. For example, you have a player that used to be at Fleetwood and now he’s playing in the Champions League.

“It was always going to be a difficult season for them but I’m sure they would have stayed up (had Ranieri remained).

“If not, then the owners have to take responsibility as well.

“There is obviously too much riding on it now financially.

“It’s the sadness of what new football brings but that’s where we are at.

“It’s just sad. There’s a sadness to the story that someone can do so well and everyone was happy for him. The thing about him was that he was in his 60s but still had that great enthusiasm.

“He looked pristine, loved his job and had class and humility. He had old school values dripping out of him and to see someone like that get turned over is tough but we know as managers where the land lies.”

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Given the precariousness of the role, it begs the question why anyone would be attracted to it. Rodgers established a multi-million pound property portfolio meaning that there are no financial pressure which would compel him to carve out a career in management.

“It’s a passion – something that you love,” he said.

“It’s difficult when you first start but the more experienced you get the more you understand the game and the direction it’s going in and you de-pressurise yourself because some of the time it/s not of your own doing.”