Under-fire Deila’s focus won’t waver

watch signing targets in action at Euro 2016.

“We are talking about pre-season all the time,” he said. “It has to be right. We are going to do a lot of the same things as last summer, but better. I think we are going to try and get a trip, while also trying to be in Scotland as well. I think it’s going to be a little bit different.

“If there is a player we have been scouting and I want to take a look at them of course I will go [to Euro 2016]. But I want to also try and get some vacation. That is the only time of the year when you can really sit down, reflect and get your energy back.

“I was tired at the end of last season – I had been going for 18 months because I came straight here into the job without vacation and it’s a lot to put yourself into.

“You have to manage a new job and I’m more experienced now, so I feel more up for it than I did at the end of last season, but that’s about managing and learning.

“It never stops up here. You have to get your head out of Lennoxtown sometimes. You have to put all the other things you want in life on hold because everything is about Celtic and the results.”

Deila is satisfied that Celtic have recovered from the dip in form which saw them drop points against Hamilton away and an under-strength Dundee side at home after successive wins against Morton and Partick Thistle.

“I think we have been good in terms of bouncing back from disappointments in the time I have been here,” he said. “We have done that again with two victories.

“But now we need to carry on with momentum and keeping winning games. That’s the most important thing. We also want to keep developing our style even better than we have done lately. I see progress and hopefully we will see even more on Saturday.

“Everything is about results. If you win, fantastic. If you lose, not so much.

“It’s about doing your job.”