Rodgers warns leak: 'You are not a Celtic supporter'

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers was delighted with his team after a 6-0 Hampden thrashing of high-flying Aberdeen but disappointed with the person that leaked his team selection.

Rodgers has been aware his starting line-ups have been appearing on social media and the issue became more obvious after he made six changes for both the midweek win over Dundee and Saturday's Premier Sports Cup semi-final.

Any inside information that reached Jimmy Thelin had little impact given Celtic scored five goals in half an hour either side of half-time before Daizen Maeda completed his hat-trick late on.

But Rodgers said: "It’s obviously clearly disappointing. It’s something that we’ve seen before, and it’s not ideal, however it comes out.

"In the modern game, there’s no real secrets in football. That’s the reality of it. But it’s not nice when it gets out there. And especially if it’s out from Celtic supporters.

"It might feel great for someone’s ego to put it out and pass it on to other people. But I can tell you as a manager that I’ve had that before with other teams. And when I’ve got to know about it, it has really, really helped me in my preparation."

Rodgers explained he had previously won a game after being tipped off that his opponents were going to change shape and amending his tactics.

"So whoever is putting it out, if it’s someone from Celtic, you’re not a Celtic supporter," he added. "You’re not a Celtic supporter because you’re not helping Celtic. It’s as simple as that. If you’re not a Celtic supporter, we will do everything we can to find out.

"But for me, I don’t get angry about it. It’s just the modern world now, isn’t it? There’s so much communication. There’s so much out there.

"It won’t dampen our performance and our