Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has insisted that the successful management comes from the top down with all entities pulling in the right direction.

Rangers sacked Pedro Caixinha this week after a dismal seven month spell, with divisions apparent within the Ibrox camp.

And while Rodgers insisted that his only concern is for what happens at Celtic, the Hoops boss pointed to the fact that there has to be definitive leadership from whoever takes the post at Ibrox.

“I think key strategy is important,” said Rodgers. “Everybody has to be aligned to the strategy you’re following.

“I think that’s important.

“There has to be a leadership that’s clear and that everyone is aligned to. And you can’t divert from it.

“That’s the simplicity of it.

“If it’s fragmented and people want to chase one time, others want to do it a different way ,then that’s when there is a problem.

“I think it has to be clear what the strategy of the club is.

“What the senior directors and ownership want. From that, you get the right personnel in place.

“ I feel a lot of professional empathy for Pedro. They are big jobs, big pressures and I was disappointed for Pedro.

“He clearly went in with great enthusiasm for the job – and went into a big club where there is big expectancy. It hasn’t worked out for him, so I’m sad for him. But it’s new football.

“It’s very, very clear in modern football that you need to somehow impose your way of working as soon as you possibly can.

“Like I say, at the big clubs with the big pressure and big demands to win, and to win in a certain style, you’ve got to be very clear and concise in how you do your work.

Meanwhile, Rodgers has insisted that no matter what goes on elsewhere, his focus does not deviate from his own post.

“My only worry is for Celtic. I don’t think about anything else, really,” he said.

“Each club will bring in the man they choose. And then it’s up to the manager to impose their ideas.

“I have real empathy for Pedro, like I have for all the other managers who have lost their job this season.”

Graeme Souness regurgitated an old argument this week when he suggested that Scottish football benefits as a whole from a strong Rangers. In many aspects it is an argument that has been rendered redundant although for Rodgers it is simply white noise in the background.

“The older and more experienced you get, you learn to not listen so much,” he said. “My worry is only for Celtic. I came for one reason – for Celtic – and that is my only worry.

“My worry when I came in here was to be the best that I could be. Go back 16 months ago when Celtic had lost to rangers in the semi-final and if you had to regurgitate those headlines they wouldn’t be the same as what they are today.

“It is a process. Above that there will always be opinions around it. It depends on the narrative and what you are speaking about but I just concentrate on Celtic being the very best in the way that we want to do it.”