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 fourth successive 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 during his 2 spells as Celtic boss and he can finish his third treble if his side beat Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup last.
The 52 appears to have actually restored his reputation with the vast majority of Celtic fans after leaving mid-season for Leicester in 2019 and he once again repeated he is dedicated to serving his three-year contract.
Rodgers agreed it was reasonable to state he is better than ever in his job and included: "It's been fascinating the last couple of months, people deciding where I was supposed to be going and I wasn't happy.
"But I would say listen to what I say, not what people try to anticipate my mood and what it may be.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers (Andrew Milligan/PA)
"I stated 150, 200 percent I'll be here for sure next season because we wish to build once again, we wish to grow.
"But what I'll likewise say, there's extremely, really few people that understand 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 informing you, it's a guess.
"But definitely, I am so, so delighted.
"I came back since of the professional difficulty of Celtic, knowing the pressures. My psychological accessory to the club clearly has me here rather than elsewhere. And simply the chance to be the finest supervisor at Celtic that I can perhaps be. And days like this make it actually unique."
Rodgers added: "I stated minimum I would be here three years.
"The huge thing with Celtic, it has to do with having the energy. That's the big thing, and there's great deals of other things naturally. As any manager, you require to feel wanted, you need to feel appreciated. You require to feel that you can develop a team, you can establish a club.
"So there's great deals of things that enter it, however I certainly know that we want to complete much better than we did last year. And then I'll go into next year extremely hungry to beat this year, whatever we wind up doing."
Celtic faced some early pressure before Ryan Strain's 30th-minute own goal started a flurry of goals either side of half-time with Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah both striking doubles to seal the title.
"I know there was a wee bit of chat around, tedious I think the word was of somebody, but it's not laborious for me, for the football club," he stated.
"If we land at 15 points ahead with fives games left and a plus-42 goal distinction ahead of our nearby competitor, I'll inform you what, that's not tiresome, that's professionalism at its greatest level and concentration and performances."
It was not all positive for Celtic. Jota went off with a knee injury in the very first half and was hobbling badly with his leg heavily braced throughout the celebrations.
"The medical guys are looking at whether his meniscus is a little bit aching," Rodgers said. "We'll just need to evaluate that. They put it in the brace to safeguard it, however we'll see in the next couple of days."
Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin regreted the turning point.
"It sounds unusual to sit here and say for the opening half an hour I believed we were excellent, the shape of the group was great and we were aggressive with the press, required Celtic into playing a lot longer than they would typically have actually liked," he stated.
"But the first objective was a real start the teeth given it's a bit of misery.
"The 2nd one originates from a promising attack that we had, a tame effort on goal, but then within five or six seconds, with the speed of Celtic on the counter attack, the ball winds up in the back of your net."