Ange set the tone as soon as he stepped into Celtic Park.
Up front and honest.
That’s how he has always been ever since he came to the club.
Its why we, the fans, love him.
No excuses. No shrouded mysteries and best of all, no BS.
100% straight down the line.
And in his post match interview yesterday [The Sun], the Celtic manager revealed how his week in isolation set the framework to lay his masterplan for domestic dominance.
But what he also revealed was his conversations with three want away stars Odsonne Edouard, Kristoffer Ajer and Ryan Christie, “To the players’ credit I said to them, ‘let’s be up front and honest about this, I’m not going to take it personally because I’ve arrived and people want to leave’.
“These decisions were probably made a lot earlier and with all these guys — whether it was Kristoffer, Odsonne or Ryan — it was pretty clear they weren’t going to be part of the plans for this season.
“But I said to them that while they were with us I was going to use them as if they were part of the plans and when the time came to go we would deal with it there.
“I was well aware those three wouldn’t be around for this season and the tricky part was I knew we wouldn’t get in replacements before they’d gone.”
This kind of honesty is why Ange got the buy in from the players from day one.
He set the tone for success by telling the players straight what he thought and by also keeping his promises to them.
Once again, the gaffer is showing what a class act we have leading our great club.
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Ange certainly is a class act.
He provides a contrast to others recently who whinge and complain about decisions that they did not like.