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Brendan Rodgers spoke to the media yesterday ahead of Celtic’s visit to Fir Park to face managerless Motherwell tomorrow afternoon. Here’s everything that was said…

Bayern Munich team
Players of FC Bayern München pose for a picture prior to the UEFA Champions League match between FC Bayern München and SK Slovan Bratislava at Football Arena Munich on January 29, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Q: Brendan, what do you make of Bayern Munich in the draw?

Brendan Rodgers: “Yeah, got the easier one, didn’t we? Listen, it’s brilliant. We earned to get to the play-off stage. The players have been outstanding over the eight games and that qualifies us to play one of these top teams. We’ll look forward to that when it comes.”

Q: It’s just the Champions League, isn’t it? If you get far in the competition and get through to the play-off round, you are going to play against a really tough team.

Brendan Rodgers:: “Yeah, I think that’s been the beauty of the competition. There’s obviously pros and cons to that. But, as I say, it was so dynamic. People will say, if you could have one point more, you might have done this or that. But it was so fluid and dynamic right to the very end. The ultimate objective for us was to qualify. Wherever that is, you’re still going to play against a really good team. We’ll look forward to that. We’ve played Bayern Munich before here in my time. We had a really, really good game at home. Played very, very well. Could have got something from the game. So, when that comes, we’re really excited by that opportunity and we will give everything we can over the course of the two legs.”

Flares at Villa Park
Celtic fans show their stupidity and selfishness by lighting flares during the UEFA Champions League match between Aston Villa and Celtic at Villa Park on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Q: The club have confirmed today that there’s a possibility of maybe no away fans at the Allianz Arena. How disappointing would that be, if that is the case?

Brendan Rodgers: “Well, I’d be bitterly disappointed for every genuine Celtic supporter. Clearly, that’s not decided yet, but it’s serious enough for the club to put that statement out. For those Celtic supporters that genuinely bond with their club and the team that have travelled near and far over many, many years, to even be at the risk of not going, tells you the culmination of events that have taken us to that point. So, yes, that’s where we’re sitting. I really hope that it’s not the case, like I say, for the genuine supporter who loves the club and supports the club and have gone to games all over the world. But let’s see what comes from it.”

Green flare on the pitch at Villa Park
Stewards remove a green flare off the pitch during the UEFA Champions League match between Aston Villa and Celtic at Villa Park on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Q: You’ve spoken about it already this season a bit, but when it comes to, whether it’s pyrotechnics or smoke bombs, are you really hopeful that that can be stamped out in the future when there are these potential consequences?

Brendan Rodgers:“I think there’s lots of things in the modern game around behaviour and social behaviours. I really hope that football can be the beacon of change for lots of us here. We would never want to get to a point where we go into a game of such magnitude and we can’t take our support base, the opportunity for our supporters to come. I would hope it wouldn’t, but if it takes something like that, then it has to change. The football club, we can’t keep paying hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of fines. In the main, Celtic is what they are because of the supporters.

“Those genuine supporters, like I say, that bond with the club. But we aren’t a club that has money pouring in from all angles and sponsorship and TVs and everything else. This is through the organisation of the club and our support base and what they give. There are so many things around it that I don’t like, but we have the opportunity to change that. I hope it does for the sake of the genuine Celtic support.”

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2 Comments

  1. Good interview about so called supporters this guy who had the flair will be recognised by people if he dosent know he was wrong then something wrong if he had was drunk no excuse but he won’t be welcome at any Celtic games hate to say it but he will be risking his health ge will be noticed and pointed out I’d give my season book up for your own good

  2. Good interview about so called supporters this guy who had the flair will be recognised by people if he dosent know he was wrong then something wrong if he had was drunk no excuse but he won’t be welcome at any Celtic games hate to say it but he will be risking his health ge will be noticed and pointed out I’d give my season book up for your own good expect a visit for your good i hopes the law

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