Former Liverpool coach appointed Celtic manager

– Brendan Rodgers has announced his new club

– Celtic chairman congratulates the former Liverpool coach

– Rodgers was fired as the Reds boss in October

According to the official announcement of the club, Brendan Rodgers has been appointed Celtic’s new manager.

The coach has signed a 12-month rolling contract with the Scottish champions.

The former Liverpool boss disclosed: “I am absolutely delighted to be named Celtic manager. This is genuinely a huge honour for me. I have followed Celtic all my life and to be given this fantastic opportunity and to be part of such a truly great football club is a dream come true. I will give my new role everything I have and do all I can to bring our supporters exciting, entertaining and winning football.”

Brendan Rodgers

He continued: “The club has been in magnificent shape in recent years and has collected silverware regularly during this time. My objective now, of course, is to continue this work, to keep us at the top and again make our mark in Europe.I know what a magnificent support Celtic enjoys and I can promise our fans one thing – that I will be doing everything I can to give you a team that you can be proud of and a team that delivers.”

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Rodgers stressed: “I can’t wait to be in Paradise with our team and our fans as we all get to work.”

In his turn Ian Bankier,  the Celtic chairman, said: “We are delighted to welcome Brendan to Celtic as the club’s new manager. As expected, there was huge interest in the position of Celtic manager but we believe we have chosen the outstanding candidate to take the club forward. Brendan is a man with a tremendous pedigree in football management, he is someone who knows all about Celtic and someone who has a real passion for Celtic. He is also a manager who we believe has the talent, the drive and the determination to bring continued success to the club.”

Ian Bankier

Bankier added: “We are sure Brendan will receive a fantastic welcome from our supporters and we now look forward with real excitement towards next season as we tackle the many challenges ahead domestically and in Europe.”

After managing Watford, Reading and Swansea City, Rodgers was appointed as Liverpool head coach in June 2012. It should be noted that Rodgers almost delivered the club’s first EPL title since 1990 in 2013-14, only to just fall short of Manchester City.

However, the Liverpool  Football Club manager was fired in October for Liverpool’s indifferent form at the start of 2015-16, and was replaced by Jurgen Klopp.

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