Peak Brendan (again)
JUST a week ago Brendan Rodgers was treated as a Celtic messiah. Now the departed Hoops boss is regarded as a very naughty boy.
The Life of Bren has taken a crazy twist, with the new Leicester City manager an unlikely
HATE figure at Parkhead.
Rodgers was taken aback by the level of vitriol from the fans who once idolised him during Wednesday’s Hearts match. But the history-making ex-Hoops boss insists he’s no fraud and claims he should be able to return to Celtic Park one day.
Rodgers said: “I would be hugely, hugely disappointed if I never could go back. I would be incredibly disappointed if I never could after everything I’ve given.
“If that was the case then... For someone who turned up at 7.30am every morning of his life? Who was in there until all hours of the night, took over 60 games a season, preparing a team, changing a culture and a standard at a club, filling the support again?
“It’s just time. I’m experieced enough now and I’ve been around football for long enough. The experience I’ve gained has allowed me not to get too affected by words and whatnot.
“I tend to focus more on the good side.
“Supporters will hurt and I get that. I understand that. That’s why I’ll never come out and kill them.
“But I’ve already been thanked by fans for delivering the memories they’ve had in the last three years.
“They’ve been grateful, so I hang on to that.
“It’s important I know I made people happy.
“I know we succeeded and ultimately that’s the measure I look at. The changes we made off the pitch, the success we had on it. That’s my measure of success.”
Rodgers has had the toughest week of his football life as he quit Celtic for mega-rich Leicester.
He revealed even his brothers were
CRYING after he accepted a job back in the Premier League.
Rodgers said: “My brothers were shocked. The family was shocked and in tears.
“They were in tears when I took the job and then when I was leaving. It is still hard for them to comprehend, probably because they were living the dream — and I was living my dream.
“Unfortunately, dreams do come to an end sometimes. Then there’s another professional side. It was so quick. It wasn’t something that was planned because my plan was to get to the end of the season and then, like I always do, review.”
Rodgers achieved the lot during his near three-year Celtic stay. Seven trophies, an Invincible campaign, two Trebles and a record-breaking 69-game unbeaten run.
Chuck in two Champions League qualifications and you can see why he’ll go down as one of the best Hoops bosses ever. He cherished the bond he had with players like Scott Brown and admits it was tough to walk out on them.
Rodgers said: “I felt that I put a culture in place that meant leaving the guys was really difficult. It is difficult. These guys and I created memories that will bond us together for a lifetime.
“Every day from the day I walked in, it was absolutely amazing.
“So many games, going 69 unbeaten, creating that record which will be hard to beat, winning the Treble twice. The success we had is actually measured on the fact that the expectancy is now to win a Treble.
“Only two managers in the history of the club managed it before me.
But he claims he parted on good terms and thanked Peter Lawwell and Dermot Desmond for their backing.
He said: “I will always be thankful to Dermot and Peter for giving me the opportunity. The board were absolutely brilliant for me. You have to make decisions for a number of reasons.
“We had success, we played a brand of football.
“When I spoke to Dermot he felt there’s a new Celtic way now.
“He will always be thankful to me for the legacy I have left and everything I have given the club.”
(Source:
Scottish Sun)
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sp...brown-only-celtic-player-told-leicester-move/