Alan Brazil and Ally McCoist have both been in contact with Brendan Rodgers following his departure from Celtic…
Late on Monday night, the club announced that the Irishman had stepped down as head coach, shortly before Dermot Desmond issued a strongly worded personal statement directed at the Celtic support.
The principal shareholder lambasted Rodgers for his behaviour in recent months, claiming he had acted in a “self-serving” manner while being “divisive” and fostered a toxic environment within the club.
Last month, Rodgers alleged that someone inside the club had undermined him to Roger Hannah in The Scottish Sun, labelling them a “coward.” He also voiced frustration over the abysmal summer transfer dealings, likening his situation to being told to drive a Honda Civic as if it were a Ferrari.
The talkSPORT duo disclosed that Rodgers has travelled to Rio but plans to attend Sunday’s semi-final clash with theRangers in person, although many people reckon that this is just a noise up to worry the Celtic bosses.
Brazil revealed: “I spoke with Rodgers. He’s not happy. Oh, he’s not happy.”
McCoist added: “I sent him a message. He sent me a message back. I was trying to get him on to see what he was thinking. And he said, ‘I am in Brazil. Not the fella, the country.’ He said, ‘I will speak to you when I get back. I am going on Sunday.’
“So, I sent him a message, ‘That’s great. Glad things are going well. Stay safe. PS, I hope you get pumped on Sunday.’ I said, so, he seems in good form.”
Brazil also mentioned that he’s been told Rodgers’ next destination could be Saudi Arabia.
He said: “Well, Brendan might just find himself driving a Bentley convertible soon because what I’m hearing is that he’s heading to Saudi. That’s the rumour. I’ve been told that’s where he’s going to end up.”
“When you think about it, where would he go from Celtic? Is he going to get a top job in England? Probably not.”
Martin O’Neill kickstarted his period as interim Celtic boss last night with an impressive 4-0 victory over Falkirk.
Attention now turns to Sunday’s mouthwatering Glasgow Derby at Hampden Park and the calls to give O’Neill the job on a permanent basis, or even until the end of the season, will grow if holders Celtic secure a place in the Premier Sports Cup final on Sunday afternoon.
Will Brendan Rodgers be coming back from Brazil to do some punditry, and have his say on live television with a huge audience watching? That would be box-office stuff.
Conor Spence
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I was glad when Rodgers came back but I was the only on of 10 die hearts friends old enough to know Celtic have been through a lot in our time supporting Celtic then it was saturday 3pm or wed 8pm before spl clubs gave the keys to satillite tv supported Celtic sunday 6pm know we just play when sky tells us when we have a game coming against ST Mirren8pm saturday We have a cup semi final on sunday 3pm Glasgow derby our season has been non starter so far this season with two big ego clashing our manager v major shareholder our football has been poor our supporters have edged with manager wanting the board sacked well the major share holder Desmond Dermit has sacked our manager Brendon Rodgers in comes 72yr old hero if old Martin O’Neill year ago id be dissapointed but the way our team was playing its as if Brendon spat the dummy out he rubbished the signing as not good enough thats not what a top manager does unless he didnt want to part of our club looked like he was playing tippy tappy football thats alright if you have players thats brought that way and not in spl last night game first game under O’Neill stewardship first 20 minutes we bit shaky our goalie brought good save when scales forgot Rodgers was gone he kept the ball in and falkirk got the ball good chance now under O’Neill management the ball goes out we regroup want be doing that again and scales will be pleased the wholeteam looked more secure no big spaces when full backs go up the field Engels protected left and McGregor protected right ni ine was going to run through on our backs unchallened Engels and McGregor lool comfertable defending and going forward Forrest was jitting the byline instead of running inside to no where against hearts the most intimidating pitches supporters can touch you when taking throw ins corner by kicks any where you step of the pitch and Rodgers played to young players on left side of defence there winger got man the match cause our two young defender were overawed og and gave away penalty with a stupid challenge they were hung out to dry i have no argument with my buddies Rodgers had to go let me down big time well we might good enough to win on sunday cause thebother team has had there issues our scottish media hacks would not try and tear the guts out of the club like they try many a time with Celtic- FC-1888 yes we will be in the final cause we have our heart back and we have better players even with players out with injuries watch the ref bhoys tackle strong but fair cause he will be looking to even odds up