Brendan Rodgers has revealed he was intent on leaving Celtic at the end of his third campaign.
The Invincible Treble-winning boss departed halfway through the 2018/19 season when Leicester City and a return to the Premier League came calling.
His decision to bow out at a crucial stage of the club's quest for 10 In A Row left a lingering anger with supporters and Rodgers has repeatedly stressed he understood why.
But he's now admitted he was planning to quit just a few months later, a plan brought forward by Leicester's approach.
He told the Belfast Telegraph : “The original plan was to stay until the end of the season but then it changes and I made the decision to leave Celtic in what I felt was a really strong position.
“Obviously there was a lot said within Celtic, outside of Celtic and media but I’ll never let that ever diminish the amazing time I had there because for me it is all about the feeling.
"I understand Celtic people and supporters when I left. I totally get that because a loss of anything there is always sadness and anger and I totally get that and how I left it was the probably the shock element of it.
“I look back and think more of the amazing time I had not just on the pitch but off the pitch and the support I had and the friends we made.
"Living in Glasgow was an amazing experience. We travel up when we can and the experience will never be tainted by anything else.”
