Brendan Rodgers Happier Than Ever At Celtic After Securing Title
Brendan Rodgers claimed he had never been happier at Celtic after leading the group to a fourth consecutive title.
The Hoops clinched a 13th William Hill Premiership crown in 14 seasons with a 5-0 win over Dundee United at Tannadice.
It was an 11th trophy for Rodgers during his 2 spells as Celtic boss and he can complete his 3rd treble if his side beat Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final.
The 52-year-old appears to have actually restored his credibility with the huge bulk of Celtic fans after leaving mid-season for Leicester in 2019 and he again reiterated he is devoted to serving his three-year contract.
Rodgers concurred it was reasonable to state he is better than ever in his task and included: "It's been intriguing the last few months, individuals choosing where I was expected to be going and I wasn't happy.
"But I would say listen to what I say, not what people attempt to anticipate my mood and what it might be.
Celtic supervisor Brendan Rodgers (Andrew Milligan/PA)
"I stated 150, 200 percent I'll be here for sure next season because we wish to build once again, we want to grow.
"But what I'll also state, there's very, extremely few individuals that understand me and there's even less understand me.
"I do not have a representative, so I do not have a representative spinning a story for me or anything like that. So if there's a heading out there, I am telling you, it's a guess.
"But absolutely, I am so, so pleased.
"I came back because of the professional challenge of Celtic, understanding the pressures. My psychological attachment to the club clearly has me here rather than somewhere else. And simply the opportunity to be the very best manager at Celtic that I can perhaps be. And days like this make it really unique."
Rodgers added: "I said minimum I would be here three years.
"The big thing with Celtic, it's about having the energy. That's the big thing, and there's lots of other things naturally. As any supervisor, you require to feel wanted, you need to feel valued. You need to feel that you can a team, you can establish a club.
"So there's great deals of things that enter into it, but I definitely understand that we want to finish better than we did last year. And then I'll enter into next year incredibly starving to beat this year, whatever we end up doing."
Celtic dealt with some early pressure before Ryan Strain's 30th-minute own goal began a flurry of objectives either side of half-time with Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah both hitting doubles to seal the title.
"I know there was a wee bit of chat around, tedious I think the word was of somebody, but it's not tiresome for me, for the football club," he said.
"If we land at 15 points ahead with fives video games left and a plus-42 objective distinction ahead of our nearby competitor, I'll inform you what, that's not tedious, that's professionalism at its greatest level and concentration and efficiencies."
It was not all favorable for Celtic. Jota went off with a knee injury in the first half and was hobbling badly with his leg greatly braced throughout the events.
"The medical guys are looking at whether his meniscus is a little bit sore," Rodgers said. "We'll simply have to assess that. They put it in the brace to safeguard it, but we'll see in the next number of days."
Dundee United supervisor Jim Goodwin bemoaned the turning point.
"It sounds bizarre to sit here and state for the opening half an hour I thought we were excellent, the shape of the team was great and we were aggressive with the press, forced Celtic into playing a lot longer than they would generally have liked," he said.
"But the very first goal was a real start the teeth provided it's a bit of bad luck.
"The 2nd one originates from an appealing attack that we had, a tame effort on goal, but then within 5 or six seconds, with the rate of Celtic on the counter attack, the ball ends up in the back of your internet."