Brendan Rodgers will not speak to his players about winning a domestic Treble – despite the fact that two out of three have effectively been achieved already.

The League Cup has already been won and with a 19-point league lead, it is unfathomable that there will be anything other than a sixth successive title delivered. The first leg of the final challenge comes this weekend as Celtic embark upon their Scottish Cup journey with a game against Albion Rovers on Sunday in Airdrie.

For Rodgers, through, all expectations around the club do not filter through to his players.

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Former Hoops boss Ronny Deila was open about the fact a Treble was what he preached to his players as the main aim of the club, but Rodgers opts for a different way.

“I tend to de-pressurise the players,” he said. “I take the pressure and I have no problem with that. But I de-pressurise the players in order that they can go and perform. I think there are so many things going on, especially in the modern game where there can be so many things going on – media, social media, everything – we narrow the focus on performance.

“Because the consequence of performing is that you win games and then maybe that brings all the other things you talk about. You think about it bit by bit and we set targets; qualification for the Champions league, done. League Cup, done…next thing is what? Title. Can we win the title? Then there are performance goals in that.

“Goals we score, goals we concede, can we be ruthless in terms of records that are out there, be the best that we can be. If you do that then everything else happens naturally but don’t worry about the fantasy side of it.”

Much has been made of the decision to move the game to Airdrie, but for Rodgers that itself is an irrelevance other than the fact it means preparing for another plastic surface.

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“It’s not made much easier as it’s another Astro pitch, which is always unpredictable,” he said. “Wherever we play, the majority of games, it’s like being at home anyway. No matter where we play we’ll accept the challenge. Safety reasons I believe prompted the move and that’s the priority.”

Celtic fans won’t get a glimpse of 19-year-old Ivorian Kouassi Eboue this weekend.

The red-tape surrounding the deal is believed to have been finalised with a working visa in place but the player won’t be pitched in just yet, although Kieran Tierney could be in line to step back into the team at some stage this weekend.

“His visa has just been completed,” said Rodgers. “He’ll be back but not by then. We’ll need to see where he’s at in terms of fitness but after this weekend he should be in and training. Kieran’s back. I wouldn’t be reluctant to play him. He’s only a kid he can play on whatever.”

Meanwhile, Kristoffer Ajer is set to head to Rugby Park in order to get some game time under his belt. Signed on a pre-contract this time last year by Ronny Deila, the 18-year-old has been on the sidelines so far under Rodgers.

“Kris will go to Kilmarnock,” said Rodgers. “There were a couple of options for him but I think it’s good for him to go and play there. He doesn’t have to move. He’s settled in here so he can go and play there for the rest of the season where we can keep a close eye on him and take him back in the summer.

“Kris Commons is back. Hibs want to keep him but we’ll see.”