Celtic’s top priority this summer should be to hand Brendan Rodgers a pen the sign a bumper new long-term deal. Nothing else is more important…
Brendan Rodgers, as he did in his first spell in charge has been nothing but hugely successful the second time around. A double was won last season and this campaign sees us within touching distance of yet another treble as our manager exerts complete dominance as the best side in the country.
Extent of Celtic’s UEFA Champions ambition the key to keeping Rodgers
Not only has the Irishman kept our standards high domestically, he’s improved us on the European front as highlighted by our form in this seasons revamped UEFA Champions League format. That more than anything else showed how much Celtic is improving under Rodgers and how we are once again competing at the highest level in club football.
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Under Brendan’s leadership we have now shown we can once again compete at that level and it’s whetted our appetite for more. Much more. To do so on a regular basis, as well as staying dominant domestically, we need a top manager in the dugout and of course we already have that in Brendan Rodgers.
Quality managers are hard to come by
Brendan only has a year remaining on his current deal and he’s given his word he’ll see it out, but we should be looking to extend that deal and keep him at the club for the next few years. Quality managers are hard to come by, but we have one in place already and it’s vital we keep him here for the foreseeable future if we have any ambition to remain successful and improving at the highest level.
If Brendan’s plan was to come back for three years to right a wrong and repair his reputation within the Celtic family then it might be a case of job done and time to move on to what he’d call the next challenge. But that challenge is at Celtic and specifically in the UEFA Champions League.
Celtic must match Brendan’s European ambition
IF Celtic are able to convince Rodgers that the club is ready to match his ambition to restore Celtic to our former position among the top elite sides in European football then that’s a challenge he’d relish and most likely sign up for. Let’s be frank, a major factor in Rodgers leaving the first time around was due to the Celtic Board NOT backing him in the transfer window. John McGinn anyone?
Dermot Desmond will undoubtedly have this on his mind, just like every other Celtic supporter as we edge closer to the end of the season. Hopefully he’ll give Brendan the necessary assurances to keep him at Paradise for the long term. Over to you Dermot.
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You are so transparent when it comes to your daily, no, hourly criticism of the best board in British football!
Here they are operating in Scottish football where the riches are far from plentiful, yet we still manage to continue to break world records, exceed every conceivable logical expectation on the field of play, home and in Europe, have one of the top managers of this generation, too the very best Germany has to offer right to the wire over two games at the top table, yet you still bring up a missed signing of a player who HIMSELF made the decision to join Aston Villa over Celtic because he was concerned about a few things had he chosen Celtic!
This wasn’t Celtic’s failure! This was John McGinn’s choice. A choice he himsehas admitted over and over again!
It’s time you found a different reason to target the board than an eight year old lie.
It’s not a lie. McGinn has said he waited all summer for Celtic to sign him. And at that time Aston Villa didn’t have the money to take him or anyone else to Villa Park. Rodgers met with the player round about this time in the year to discuss the move and McGinn was very keen. Celtic seemed to have some sort of grudge going on with Hibs and there was a stand-off over the fee, which Celtic eventually met at the 11th hour. Yes at that stage McGinn choose Villa rather than Celtic but that was after a summer of waiting and waiting and then Villa entering the fray to even give him the option. Celtic reckoned that they could wait and sign him on as a pre-contract in January – there were blogs about this mentioning the exact number of days until that was possible. Fair to say McGinn felt that he was stuck in the middle of the Hibs/Celtic thing that was going on. For Brendan Rodgers that was the beginning of the end (first time around).