Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers was glad to see Neil McCann make the move from the pundit chair into management at Dundee.

The former Rangers, Hearts and Scotland winger came out of the Sky Sports studio with five Ladbrokes Premiership games remaining last season to help the club he started and ended his playing career with to stay in the top flight.

After achieving that feat he returned on a permanent basis in the summer.

McCann's side got their first league win of the season in a 3-2 victory over St Johnstone on Saturday and host the Hoops in the Betfred Cup quarter-final on Wednesday night and Rodgers is looking forward to their meeting.

"I am delighted that Neil got out of that comfortable chair in the studio," said the Northern Irishman, who will have defender Dedryck Boyata available for the first time this season after recovering from a knee injury.

"I don't know Neil that well but he was a fantastic player and he is looking for his teams to play with that sort of charisma and that comfort with the ball.

"They have been playing 4-4-2 and he is trying against the odds at times to get the players to build the game from behind.

"He is trying not to just win, but to win in a way which is important to him, which is always great but never easy.

Goalkeeper Craig Gordon insists his eyes are solely on Dundee as Celtic prepare for three crucial away games in succession.

The Hoops travel to Tayside before facing Rangers in the Ladbrokes Premiership at Ibrox on Saturday.

Rodgers then takes his side to Belgium for Wednesday's second Champions League Group B game against Anderlecht, where the result will go a long way to determining the Parkhead club's future in Europe this season.

Most of the attention may be on the fixtures in Govan and Brussels, but Gordon is looking no further than Dens Park, where the visitors will look to extend their unbeaten domestic run to 56 games while booking a semi-final spot.

"It is the next game so that is the one we focus on," the 34-year-old Scotland international said. "We try to keep winning matches.

"We feel as if we are playing fairly well. We have done what we set out to do this season in terms of qualifying for the Champions League and maintaining our unbeaten domestic run so we go into it looking forward to it, to try to get into the next round."