There was a showbiz feeling to the formal parading of Celtic’s latest manager on Monday afternoon.

The soft lights, the music, the snapping photographers, the supporters in their thousands waiting for a glimpse of the new man and the incessant rounds of questions and interviews which might have given Brendan Rodgers a glimpse of the intensity that his new post will bring.

And yet, amidst a glitzy unveiling, Rodgers casually dropped in a line that suggests a diligence and attention to detail that would have had Peter Lawwell, Celtic’s chief executive purring quietly with delight.

Revealing an understanding of what was Celtic’s undoing last season when he spoke of the soft centre at set-pieces, Rodgers said: “Since I was appointed I’ve looked at every single goal Celtic have scored and conceded.

“I know where there are areas we can improve on and gain. That’s important for us. I probably started doing that a wee bit before I was appointed. I had the idea I was coming.”

Clearly, away from the rolling cameras and the private jets, the less glamorous groundwork has already started.

And there is no ambiguity on Rodgers’ part about what his remit at the club will be.

The ambitious appointment from Celtic is one which they believe will lead them back into the prestigious environs of the Uefa Champions League, a playground as crucial for the financial figures at the club as it is for the prestige and reputation of the playing staff.

Celtic fell short last season in their final game against Malmo, yet Ronny Deila was right to some extent when he insisted that it was the “small details” which were the undoing of his side.

The Norwegian spoke just before his exit from the club about how that first-half performance against the Swedes still gives him goosebumps and there was much right about the initial 45 minutes.

Putting Celtic back into the competition is the benchmark for any Celtic manager and Rodgers is ready for a challenge which is compounded by the immediacy of the qualifiers.

“This is a club that expects to win titles and be competitive in Europe. The measure will be on both and that’s what I’m driven to achieve,” he explained. “They fell short last year on a couple of set-pieces. That’s what stopped them going through.

“I’ll need to assess things and I’ll need to look. There are some good players here and some young talents.

“I can look and identify all I want from a distance. You always have an idea of how to change things and there are one or two players I’ll want to bring in, but I want to look and speak to the players who are here.

“Hopefully then the ideas will be empowered by them.”

While taking Celtic into the group stages of Europe’s premier competition would ensure a glitzy opening half of the season at the very least with some of Europe’s big names heading to play under the floodlights, there will be much more mundane evenings for Rodgers.

Used to plying his trade in the lucrative English Premier League, he is well aware that there will be something of a culture shock when it comes to marking his place at the various clubs up and down Scotland.

However, he has insisted that he is no football snob as he prepares to roll up the sleeves and get to work.

“I’ve thought of the Emirates on a Tuesday or a Wednesday night or going to Inverness,” he smiled. “It’s football.

“I’m from a council estate in Northern Ireland so I’m not a snob about football.

“Football is football – you represent the team and you go anywhere with them whether it’s up the road or in Europe.

“I’m looking forward to this job. It’s different. I’ve had five years in the Premier League and that’s great.

“I’m 43 and if I’ve to have another 20 years of management in me then I was never always going to be in the premier league and would never want that.

“I’m here now at a club I love and a team I want to do well with and also one that I have an affinity with and that’s what excites me.”

His fellow compatriots arrived at Celtic and enjoyed success – Martin O’Neill arrived insisting that Rangers were the benchmark, while Neil Lennon checked in declaring that he was there to bring back the thunder.

Rodgers is there to bring back the punters.

“When I used to see the stadium here when I was younger, it was full,” he said. “One of the times I came here they were building the stands but I remember European nights when Martin was here as manager with sixty odd thousand in attendance.

“This is a club that has that support – and more. So when I hear and see that the top end of the Lisbon Lions Stand had been shut down for the last couple of years because it wasn’t getting filled then that gave me a big motivation to get people in there to watch the team play football.

“Maybe the competition hasn’t been there but I’ve come here believing this is an incredible club and I’m really looking forward to working in the league. Of course, it’s different – there are more glamorous surroundings to go and work in. But I have a real passion to do well here. There are well respected clubs here and if I’ve come in and given things a lift then so beat it.”