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Where Brendan Rodgers and Celtic predecessor Ange Postecoglou differ as insider offers glimpse

Plenty of comparisons between Ange Postecoglou and Brendan Rodgers have been made since the latter took the Celtic reins.

Many weren't for the better last season as the Hoops struggled to replicate the same sort of style that the Aussie had implemented to relentlessly steamroller teams. They still won the title of course and Rodgers now seems to have been able to get his side playing exactly the way he wants.

They have started this season with much more style and look set to clinch another title. Comparisons with his predecessor are likely to continue though and one player who has played under both has offered a glimpse into what it is like working under them.

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James Maddison is a current Tottenham star for Postecoglou and says the boss is stand-offish personally but still manages to leave his players in no doubt he believes in them. It is the opposite approach to Rodgers who likes to take the personal touch.

Maddison told Golf Life: “He is definitely no-nonsense. He’s a good man (Ange). He’s a unique human being. You can tell he’s a brilliant man and when I spoke to him before I signed the first thing he said to me was congratulating me on the birth of my twins when I first met him.

“So I knew straight away he’s a good man but he’s also someone who will not let the manager and player relationship get too tight. And that is just his way.

“For example like Brendan Rogers who I had for five years at Leicester, he was very arm around you and made you feel so good. Like you could go in his office for a coffee and talk. They’re both great men but just different. Ange keeps that manager and player relationship socially to a minimal, he wouldn’t mind me saying that I don’t think.

"Again, even though he doesn’t talk to you individually as much as someone like Brendan Rodgers would I still feel that he believes in me by the way he is and the way he conducts himself and talks in the meetings. He believes in me without me needing to hear it.”