Who could we replace Ange with?

The Harry Potter of managers hey.

 

100%

 

Brendan bingo..YES!

 

Thought way he treated press near end of his term was a disgrace


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See that * on KDS who has been spot on with everything is saying we could be looking at players in the £10m-£15m range as signings.

Wouldn’t usually say anything but he’s been * spot on for weeks. Be very surprised if it’s true we are willing to spend that much but it would be some laugh seeing Rodgers spending £15m on players for a proper go at the champions league

 

The thought of him spending that gives me the fear

 

links to a million wingers incoming.

 

BRENDAN RODGERS is finalising a deal to become the highest-paid boss in Celtic’s history.

Hoops chiefs are locked in advanced talks with the Northern Irishman as he prepares to sign on for a second stint.

Rodgers, 50, is set to be handed a bumper deal in excess of the £2million-plus salary he received during his first spell in charge.

Top-level talks have been taking place over the last 48 hours — with an agreement in principle now in place.

Barring a last-minute hitch, the former Liverpool and Leicester boss will make his return. Celtic supremo Dermot Desmond made Rodgers his No 1 target after Ange Postecoglou’s move to Tottenham.

Rodgers won seven trophies for Celtic after taking charge in 2016 — including an Invincible Treble. But his departure to Leicester in February 2019 made him unpopular with a large section of the Hoops support.

Rodgers had always maintained he had unfinished business at Celtic and wanted to return one day.

He initially wanted to take a spell out of the game after leaving Leicester in April but Desmond persuaded him to talk and he is now set to lead them into the Champions League group stages.

Rodgers will get a significant transfer budget as the Hoops hand him the task of taking the team to the next level.

He has already started to work on assembling a backroom team, with long-serving No2 Chris Davies unlikely to follow him back to Celtic.

John Kennedy would be a ready-made assistant and remains close with Rodgers but new Spurs boss Postecoglou also wants to take him south — a move currently being blocked by Celtic.

 

I’d agree inthinks it’s the wage structure that br had big issues with rather than what transfer fees where available


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Don't worry, I'm sure they're "thrashing out" a deal as we speak..

Hoops chiefs have been locked in negotiations for a while now...

Etc, etc...

 

What’s McGowan saying tonight

 

All agreed and putting the finishing touches on the back room staff

 

BRENDAN RODGERS was last night putting the finishing touches to his new-look Celtic backroom team.

The Northern Irishman has agreed to return to Parkhead as manager, four years since he left for Leicester City.

And, barring a last-minute hitch, the Scottish champions will confirm the 50-year-old as Ange Postecoglou’s permanent replacement.

Chief executive Michael Nicholson and finance director Chris McKay flew by private jet to Mallorca for face-to-face talks with their No 1 managerial target on Saturday.

And Rodgers thrashed out the conditions of his second stint in charge during a series of conversations with major shareholder Dermot Desmond.

Postecoglou wants assistant manager John Kennedy to join him on a four-year deal at Tottenham Hotspur.

Despite expressing a wish to leave, Kennedy is bound by the terms of an agreement blocking the Australian from poaching his former staff.

And, in a conversation on Tuesday, Rodgers made it clear to the former Scotland defender that he was an important part of his plans.

Leicester City first team post-match analyst Jack Lyons will also return to Celtic together with fitness and performance coach Glen Driscoll.

Dismissed by Leicester in April, Rodgers originally intended to take a sabbatical from the game.

An agreement to return to Celtic, the club he left suddenly in February 2019, was predicated on an undertaking by directors to invest in the players and infrastructure improvements necessary to establish the club as a competitive force in Europe.

Reluctant to place all their eggs in one basket, Celtic have also spoken to the likes of Manchester City assistant Enzo Maresca, former Norwich boss Daniel Farke, Italian Francesco Farioli and Ipswich Town’s Kieran McKenna.