Kris Commons has hinted that he could hang up his boots this season as his time at Celtic comes to an end – although he has hinted that a coaching career could follow.

The 33-year-old spent six years at Celtic but if he fears he cannot maintain a level of football that he wants, then it could be that he decides to bow out of the game now.

The playmaker spent a month on loan at Hibs earlier this season but returned to Celtic with a back issue having flared up again.

Commons will take a holiday with his wife and three children as he reflects on what comes after Celtic, however it could be that he calls time on his playing career.

“As a footballer, you want to play for the best clubs at the highest level,” he said.

“I’ve been lucky, I have done that. For me, now it’s about enjoying my football.

“If I can pass my knowledge on to younger players, then that would be great.

“But I just don't know whether that should be in a playing capacity or if I should go down the coaching route. I still in my head feel like I have unfinished business as a player.

“But the doubt for me is whether I can get up to a level where I am going to be the Kris Commons everyone knows.

“If I’m not, then there is no point just dwindling away. I’d rather finish on a relative high.

“If I can get fit enough to play, then I will.

“But I don’t want to be the guy who has 21-year-olds running past him.

“I don’t want to have a feeling of disappointment in my last two years in football.

“When Neil came down to Nottingham Forest he felt that straight away. I don’t want to feel like that.

“Hopefully I will be remembered for my playing days but maybe in the future, other things will come that will eclipse that.”

Commons signed off on Sunday from Celtic with an appearance in the legends match but although he has not played for the club in the Treble winning season, he has had a close up view of just what Brendan Rodgers has brought to the club.

“Brendan has brought English Premier League knowledge to the Scottish Premiership,” he said.

“People have a philosophy and talk a good game, but Brendan implements that on the training ground.

“He does that through his players, training methods and through his staff.

“Off the pitch, he’s changed everything – sports science, the kitchen, the gym, the dressing room.

“He is a man who came in here to flip this club upside down and do what he did this year.

“It’s probably come round a bit quick for him. He wouldn’t have expected to go unbeaten and win the Treble in his first 12 months.

“But it has catapulted him to legendary status.

“He can now sit down with the board and say, ‘These are my targets, this is what I want do and this is the next step – and that’s Europe’.

The example of Ajax this season has been cited as a possibility for Celtic to follow, although Commons still feels that there has to be money spent on strengthening the squad in preparation of European football.

“We gave Ajax a really good game a few years back,” he said.

“They have a lot of young kids and got all the way to the Europa final.

“For Celtic, it’s a case of having another dominant season in Scotland, winning the league and competing at the top level.

This squad can compete in Europe at the moment.

“But the clubs in Europe have big budgets.

“Do Celtic chuck millions and millions to try and secure Champions League football every year?

“I don’t know. I just don’t think there is enough money in Scottish football right now to do that.

“But if Brendan has the same pull as he did when first came through the door, he can say, ‘this is what I need, these are the requirements’.

“He is a guy who genuinely knows what it takes to get to the next level.”

For Commons himself there are no regrets that he leaves to begin a new chapter in his life. Asked how he’d like to be remembered at Celtic, he quipped: “The boy who did okay for £300k.”