Q: Are you not concerned at all about the narrative about you and your future here proving disruptive this season if nothing happens with your contract?
Brendan Rodgers: “Well, it depends on who it disrupts. It certainly won’t be the players. It won’t be the staff. And it won’t be me. Because I give everything here. It’s the reason I came back. I didn’t have to, but I wanted to, and I want to continue with that. So, I don’t feel it will disrupt. Of course, I know in your world there’s lots of speculation around it, but that’s why I said, being honest and being clear with you where it sits right at this very day. But it’s not going to distract. The focus is very much on the team and improving the squad. And like I said that ambition for Celtic to be the best is all I’m concentrated on. So no, I don’t think it will be a disruption at all.”
Peter Lawwell, Brendan Rodgers and Michael Nicholson. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Q: How important do you think this window is going to be in terms of the calibre of player that you bring in and whether that will allow you to go to that next level, for example, in Europe?
Brendan Rodgers: “Well, I think every window is important. I don’t think just this window. I think it’s important this summer because of the needs of the team. The needs of the team are clear. If you watch Celtic or you know football, you see where we need to improve. But that doesn’t change. Every window we want to come out of it being stronger as a squad, where we can, and this window is no different.”
The Celtic Star: Has there been any indication of players that the club might be after, who are waiting to see if you get into the Champions League before they commit?
Brendan Rodgers: “No. No, I don’t think that’s… we haven’t had any indication from any player that that’s the way. And I think the players that we bring here are players that are here to develop and improve, and they see this as a wonderful place to do that. So, no, I think being in the Champions League or not won’t be a hindrance to bringing in really good players to Celtic.”
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This board are chasing Brendan out the door with their pathetic low-ball offers for players,who can blame him if he walks away because the board are not backing him and gambling on reaching the champions league group stages before spending any of the millions they have squirreled away.
Shame you didn’t write this 10 years ago, Peter. You could’ve cut and pasted it every year and saved yourself the typing.
We had the chance to bury sevco once and for all , but lawell has stated “we need a strong rangers” !! You think if the shoe was on the other foot the govanites would have went easy on us ? No chance !