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 consecutive title.
The Hoops clinched a 13th William Hill crown in 14 seasons with a 5-0 win over Dundee United at Tannadice.
It was an 11th prize for Rodgers during his 2 spells as Celtic manager and he can complete his third treble if his side beat Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup last.
The 52-year-old appears to have restored his reputation with the huge majority of Celtic fans after leaving mid-season for Leicester in 2019 and he again reiterated he is committed to serving his three-year agreement.
Rodgers concurred it was reasonable to state he is better than ever in his task and added: "It's been interesting the last few months, individuals choosing where I was supposed to be going and I wasn't pleased.
"But I would say listen to what I say, not what people attempt to anticipate my mood and what it might be.
Celtic supervisor Brendan Rodgers (Andrew Milligan/PA)
"I stated 150, 200 percent I'll be here for sure next season since we wish to build again, we want to grow.
"But what I'll likewise say, there's really, really couple of individuals that understand me and there's even less understand me.
"I do not have a representative, so I do not have an agent spinning a story for me or anything like that. So if there's a headline out there, I am telling you, it's a guess.
"But absolutely, I am so, so delighted.
"I returned since of the professional difficulty of Celtic, knowing the pressures. My emotional attachment to the club clearly has me here instead of somewhere else. And simply the chance to be the very best manager at Celtic that I can perhaps be. And days like this make it really unique."
Rodgers added: "I stated minimum I would be here 3 years.
"The big thing with Celtic, it's about having the energy. That's the big thing, and there's great deals of other things of course. As any manager, you require to feel wanted, you need to feel appreciated. You need to feel that you can establish a team, you can develop a club.
"So there's great deals of things that come into it, but I definitely understand that we want to complete much better than we did in 2015. And then I'll enter into next year very starving to beat this year, whatever we wind 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 striking doubles to seal the title.
"I know there was a wee bit of chat around, laborious I think the word was of someone, but it's not tedious for me, for the football club," he said.
"If we land at 15 points ahead with fives games left and a plus-42 objective difference ahead of our nearby competitor, I'll inform you what, that's not tiresome, that's professionalism at its greatest level and concentration and efficiencies."
It was not all positive for Celtic. Jota went off with a knee injury in the very first half and was hobbling severely with his leg heavily braced throughout the celebrations.
"The medical guys are taking a look at whether his meniscus is a little bit aching," Rodgers stated. "We'll simply need to examine that. They put it in the brace to safeguard it, however we'll see in the next couple of days."
Dundee United supervisor Jim Goodwin complained the turning point.
"It sounds unusual to sit here and say for the opening half an hour I thought we were great, the shape of the team was good and we were aggressive with journalism, forced Celtic into playing a lot longer than they would typically have actually liked," he stated.
"But the first goal was a genuine kick in the teeth given it's a bit of misery.
"The second one originates from a promising 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."