Celtic Manager: Why Some Players Excel In Premiership But Fail In Scottish League

52-year-old Celtic manager, Brendan Rodgers has given insight why some footballers who excel in the Premiership fail in the Scottish League.

He described the playing environment in the Scottish League as a highly pressurized situation in which one has to win all the time.

According to has accounted to why managing Celtic has carried what he described as the biggest pressure of his career.

“It’s not easy, it’s a highly pressurised situation in which you have to perform every single game and to be at that level, then that’s how you train, that mentality has to be in training. So, when you have that every day, you have no rest days.”

“That’s why you see players come here, some really good players, but they struggle because the mentality to survive within it, it’s a real challenge, and players will be really good players.

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“Even at Celtic, I’ve seen other players come up to Scotland before thinking, we’ll come to Scotland, it’s quite easy, you play for one of the big teams, you’ll be ok. No, the demands are totally different.

“Then you can leave and go back into the Premier League and do really well and be a good player in the Premier League.

According to the Celtic Manager: “The difference is pressure, dealing with pressure and at Celtic, and Rangers for that matter, there’s massive pressure.

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“I think I need that challenge, especially at this period in my career and what I’ve experienced now. I can be no good if I’m uncomfortable, and I would never get to be that in here. I think it’s something that I thrive on, I enjoy that, and I enjoy the challenge.

“Last season, it was clearly tighter and there were lots of things being questioned of you and whatever else.

“So, I enjoy that challenge of proving people wrong, and there will always be something else to improve or prove in the role. So, if I don’t have it, I find it from somewhere, and that’s what allows me to be the best I can be.”

Adapted from the Scottish Express