Brendan Rodgers Happier Than Ever At Celtic After Securing Title
Brendan Rodgers declared he had never ever been better at Celtic after leading the team to a fourth successive 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 manager and he can complete his 3rd treble if his side beat Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup last.
The 52-year-old appears to have actually restored his track record with the of Celtic fans after leaving mid-season for Leicester in 2019 and he again repeated he is devoted to serving his three-year contract.
Rodgers concurred it was fair to state he is better than ever in his job and added: "It's been intriguing the last few months, people choosing where I was supposed to be going and I wasn't pleased.
"But I would state listen to what I say, not what individuals try to anticipate my state of mind and what it might be.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers (Andrew Milligan/PA)
"I said 150, 200 percent I'll be here for sure next season because we desire to develop again, we wish to grow.
"But what I'll likewise say, there's extremely, really couple of people that understand me and there's even less understand me.
"I do not have an agent, 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 informing you, it's a guess.
"But definitely, I am so, so happy.
"I came back since of the professional difficulty of Celtic, understanding the pressures. My emotional attachment to the club plainly has me here instead of somewhere else. And just the chance to be the best supervisor at Celtic that I can possibly be. And days like this make it really unique."
Rodgers added: "I stated minimum I would be here 3 years.
"The big thing with Celtic, it has to do with having the energy. That's the huge thing, and there's lots of other things of course. As any supervisor, you require to feel wanted, you need to feel valued. You require to feel that you can develop a team, you can develop a club.
"So there's lots of things that enter into it, however I definitely know that we desire to complete much better than we did last year. And after that I'll enter into next year incredibly starving to beat this year, whatever we wind up doing."
Celtic dealt with some early pressure before Ryan Strain's 30th-minute own goal started a flurry of objectives either side of half-time with Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah both striking doubles to seal the title.
"I know there was a wee bit of chat around, tedious I believe the word was of somebody, but it's not tedious for me, for the football club," he stated.
"If we land at 15 points ahead with fives video games left and a plus-42 objective difference ahead of our nearest rival, I'll tell you what, that's not tiresome, that's professionalism at its highest level and concentration and efficiencies."
It was not all positive for Celtic. Jota went off with a knee injury in the very first half and was hobbling terribly with his leg greatly braced throughout the events.
"The medical guys are looking at whether his meniscus is a little bit sore," Rodgers stated. "We'll just need to assess that. They put it in the brace to protect it, but we'll see in the next number of days."
Dundee United supervisor Jim Goodwin bemoaned the turning point.
"It sounds strange to sit here and state for the opening half an hour I thought we were excellent, the shape of the team was good and we were aggressive with journalism, required Celtic into playing a lot longer than they would normally have actually liked," he said.
"But the very first goal was a real kick in the teeth offered it's a bit of misfortune.
"The second one comes from a promising attack that we had, a tame effort on goal, but then within 5 or 6 seconds, with the pace of Celtic on the counter attack, the ball ends up in the back of your internet."