Brendan Rodgers Happier Than Ever At Celtic After Securing Title
Brendan Rodgers declared he had never been better at Celtic after leading the team to a 4th consecutive title.
The Hoops clinched a 13th William Hill Premiership crown in 14 seasons with a 5-0 win over Dundee United at Tannadice.
It was an 11th trophy for Rodgers throughout his two spells as Celtic boss and he can finish his 3rd treble if his side beat Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup last.
The 52-year-old appears to have restored his reputation with the huge bulk of Celtic fans after leaving mid-season for Leicester in 2019 and he again restated he is committed to serving his three-year contract.
Rodgers agreed it was reasonable to say he is happier than ever in his job and added: "It's been interesting the last couple of months, people deciding where I was supposed to be going and I wasn't delighted.
"But I would state listen to what I state, not what people attempt to anticipate my state of mind and what it might be.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers (Andrew Milligan/PA)
"I stated 150, 200 percent I'll be here for sure next season due to the fact that we want to build once again, we desire to grow.
"But what I'll likewise say, there's really, extremely few people that know me and there's even less understand me.
"I don't have an agent, so I do not have an agent spinning a story for me or anything like that. So if there's a heading out there, I am telling you, it's a guess.
"But definitely, I am so, so pleased.
"I came back since of the professional difficulty of Celtic, knowing the pressures. My psychological attachment to the club plainly has me here instead of elsewhere. And just the possibility to be the very best supervisor at Celtic that I can perhaps be. And days like this make it truly unique."
Rodgers added: "I stated minimum I would be here three years.
"The big thing with Celtic, it has to do with having the energy. That's the big thing, and there's lots of other things of course. As any supervisor, you require to feel wanted, you need to feel valued. You require to feel that you can develop a group, you can a club.
"So there's lots of things that come into it, but I certainly understand that we wish to finish better than we did last year. And after that I'll enter into next year incredibly starving to beat this year, whatever we end up doing."
Celtic dealt with some early pressure before Ryan Strain's 30th-minute own objective began a flurry of objectives either side of half-time with Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah both hitting doubles to seal the title.
"I understand there was a wee bit of chat around, tedious I believe the word was of someone, but it's not laborious for me, for the football club," he stated.
"If we land at 15 points ahead with fives video games left and a plus-42 goal difference ahead of our closest rival, I'll inform you what, that's not tiresome, that's professionalism at its highest level and concentration and efficiencies."
It was not all favorable for Celtic. Jota went off with a knee injury in the first half and was hobbling badly with his leg greatly braced throughout the celebrations.
"The medical guys are taking a look at whether his meniscus is a little bit sore," Rodgers said. "We'll simply need to assess that. They put it in the brace to safeguard it, but we'll see in the next couple of days."
Dundee United supervisor Jim Goodwin complained the turning point.
"It sounds strange to sit here and state for the opening half an hour I believed we were very great, the shape of the team was excellent and we were aggressive with the press, required Celtic into playing a lot longer than they would typically have actually liked," he said.
"But the very first goal was a real begin the teeth given it's a little bit of misfortune.
"The 2nd one originates from an appealing attack that we had, a tame effort on goal, however then within five or six seconds, with the speed of Celtic on the counter attack, the ball ends up in the back of your internet."