Dundee boss Steven Pressley revealed he took a leaf out of Thomas Frank’s book by giving himself a week off to recharge his batteries ahead of this weekend’s visit from Celtic.

Immediately after the 1-0 defeat at Hearts, the 52-year-old headed back to his family home in England for the first week of the international break before returning north to step up preparations for Sunday’s showdown with Martin O’Neill’s Hoops.

“I took a week off, I went down south to the family and completely switched off from football,” said Pressley, who worked under former Tottenham boss Frank in his previous role as Brentford’s head of development.

“The players and other members of staff were in until last Wednesday and then had four days themselves off to recharge.

“I think at times the most important thing is that the players don’t just see you, they see the best version of you and sometimes in order to see that, you need to recharge the batteries.

“During my week off, I virtually paid no attention to football and the first time I really switched back on to football was when I went to watch my son (Aaron) on the Saturday (playing for Walsall) at Colchester.

“That side I really...