Gordon Strachan would love to see Celtic in the Premiership

The 50-year-old believes the pressures of managing Celtic are comparable with those facing the Prime Minister.

"It's great, don't get me wrong," Strachan told BBC1's Football Focus.

"I do believe if you can manage Rangers or Celtic you can go on to become Prime Minister of Great Britain. I think it's that hard."

Strachan is keen for Rangers and Celtic to join the Barclays Premiership, describing the prospect as "mind-blowing".

But the top English clubs would be likely to throw out any serious effort by the Old Firm to join their ranks, as they did in 2001.

There's always another crisis just around the corner Gordon Strachan

For now, Celtic must focus on Scottish and European challenges and Strachan offered an insight into the exacting nature of his role.

Pointing to the criticism Celtic received after two pre-season friendly defeats in Poland, Strachan claimed the reaction to those games illustrated the demands of his job.

"We went on a pre-season trip at the end of June, beginning of July, and we were a 'club in crisis'," he said.

"We lost a couple of friendlies and we were a `club in crisis'."

Celtic will parade the Scottish Premier League trophy on Sunday before the match against Hearts, having successfully defended the title they won in Strachan's first year.

Strachan was euphoric after last weekend's league win away to Kilmarnock, which clinched the title.

But he stressed: "You only get to enjoy it for about 24 hours at Celtic, because there's always another crisis just around the corner.

"So you have to be aware of that. You would imagine you get a lot of time to enjoy it, but you don't at Celtic.

"But what it is is one of the best clubs in the world to manage and you have to deal with the rest of the stuff."

The Old Firm have dominated another Scottish season, but Strachan claims it is now typical of most European leagues for a small number of teams to be contesting the major trophies.

"You could say that about most leagues," he said.