“We’ll just take on game at a time, one training session at a time, but he’s really excited and he just wants the players to go and play and express themselves, and just try and drip-feed little bits of information.

“He's said he doesn’t want to change too much too quickly, so hopefully, just over time we’ll start to add and layer up what we’ve already been doing and he can drip-feed his ideas as well. But ultimately the most important thing is winning games.”

Celtic go into Sunday’s game against Hearts level on points with the league leaders, and also having a game in hand.

The Hoops know that victory on Sunday will put them three points clear at the top of the premiership table, but with so much football still to be played in the league, the Celtic captain knows that the focus for the squad can only ever be on the next game, which will then be Thursday’s Europa League clash at home to Roma.

“The team has done fantastic and it’s a big thank-you to Martin and his staff, who were amazing during that time,” he said.

“We managed to stabilise the team and get us back into a competitive situation, so those guys deserve a lot of credit for that, as do the players because they were the ones who had to go out and deliver on the pitch.

'The team is now in good momentum, good form, playing well, scoring goals, so it’s probably the perfect base for the new manager to come in and work from that as well.'

“So I’ve got no doubt the energy in the building is good and can we continue the good work that’s been done.

“It’s obviously an exciting game against Hearts. It is a game of consequence but for us, the next game is the most important so it’s just another opportunity to go, perform and if we can win the game we understand what that means.

“But then very quickly after that we have another massive game on Thursday so we try not to look too much into the sub-plots of the game. We just want to train properly, when we get to the game we give everything we can to make it successful and then we tick that off and we move forward.

“I believe that’s served us well over the last 10-12 years, and it’s something that the boys in the building understand very well – that the next game is the most important.”

Watch the captain’s full press conference

First training session under Wilfried Nancy
Focusing on team momentum
Looking ahead to an exciting week
Hearts game

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