Following Rodgers’ resignation on Monday, the interim manager, Martin O’Neill and his assistant Shaun Maloney, have been assembling the coaching setup that will take charge, while a permanent manager is being identified.

Now, those changes to the backroom staff have been confirmed by Celtic. In a short statement on their website, the club announced: “Celtic Football Club can confirm today that Assistant Manager John Kennedy, coaches Adam Sadler and Jack Lyons, and Head of Performance Glen Driscoll have left the Club with immediate effect.

“We thank each of them for their contribution to Celtic, and we wish them all well for the future.   

“We are pleased to welcome former Celtic Captain Stephen McManus and former Celtic player Mark Fotheringham into our first team coaching set-up, where they will join Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney on an interim basis, alongside coaches Stephen Woods, Gavin Strachan and Greg Wallace.”

Kennedy’s departure from the club he joined 27 years ago was reported almost immediately after the resignation of Rodgers on Monday night. Sadler, who worked with Rodgers at Leicester City, joined the Irishman in 2023, following the exit of former coach Harry Kewell.

Jack Lyons, who returned to Celtic with Rodgers in the same year, has also departed, as has Glen Driscoll, also a long-term collaborator.

As for incomings, McManus makes the step up from Celtic B to support O’Neill and Maloney, while Fotheringham joins in his first role since coaching at Swansea City.

Strachan, Woods and Wallace make up the rest of the seven interim coaching setup, with all three working under Rodgers beforehand at Celtic.