Q: You talked about the standards and consistency on the pitch. It looks as if Jeremy Frimpong could move to Liverpool soon, and Celtic would benefit financially from that move. What does that say about how well-run Celtic are off the pitch?
Brendan Rodgers: “Well, there’s no doubt that over many years, the club, from a business perspective, is an example of a player trading model. It’s one where you bring a player in, you improve and develop, and then, of course, that player moves on. I don’t think anyone can argue with that. If you think of the football club as a whole, how it’s been run over the last 20-odd years, you look at the success that it’s had, and all based around that model. Now, we’ve got a lot of intellect at our board level. There are always things that we can improve, absolutely, but from within the remits and the footprint of what we work with, and I understand that better coming back the second time, I understand the financial parameters that we have here, and I’ve always worked within that. The club have provided us with an incredible base to keep it growing and keep it developing. ”
Q: Are you expecting to do a lot of business in the summer, or is it just going to be tweaks here and there?
Brendan Rodgers: “Yes, I think so. Again, we have to look at and adapt to situations as well. We all know fine, well, here there’s a player training model, which means that we will probably get offers for some of our players in the summer, and if that happens, then we have to be flexible and be able to adapt to that. If I said that everyone now would be here, then you’d maybe only have a few, two to three players coming in of high quality. But we’ll just have to see.
Kyogo Furuhashi of Stade Rennais during the Ligue 1 match between Stade Rennais and RC Strasbourg on February 02, 2025 at Roazhon Park in Rennes, France. Photo by Manuel Blondeau AOP
Q: After Kyogo left, you said that he’d come to you at one point and said he wanted to go at that stage. Is there anyone else like that in the meeting? Are there players in the squad just now who maybe want to look at something else in the summer?
Brendan Rodgers: “Not at this point. I think they’re all focused on finishing the season strong, and then they’ll all have their own individual thoughts around that. At this moment in time, everyone’s really focused on the season and finishing as strong as we can.”
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