Brendan Rodgers apologising over his Celtic exit would be 'disingenuous'.
That's the verdict of opinionated talkSPORT pundit Simon Jordan as the Hoops gaffer gets set to face the media later today in his first official press conference since returning to the hot seat vacated by Ange Postecoglou as he takes a crack at the English Premier League with Tottenham following two hugely successful seasons in Scotland.
Rodgers himself was a big success first time around but the way he left for Leicester City four years ago left the Hoops faithful stunned with the Green Brigade not willing to forget easily as they expressed their views on his reappointment online. There has been talk about whether the 50-year-old should apologise for his mid-season departue.
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However, Jordan says he left because he wanted to and offering any kind of remorse would be worthless as he would be lying.
Speaking on talkSPORT, he explained: "It would be disingenuous [to say sorry]. He left because he wanted to leave so what you apologising for? You’d be lying. You left because you wanted to leave.
"He obviously left Celtic and did a very good job at Celtic but he went there for a reason - because he perhaps had to get himself back into focus after his demise at Liverpool. And he did it, building Celtic back up and he achieved a lot of things. But a lot of fans feel it was disappointing to leave in the middle of the season.
"Going back is an interesting one because I know Celtic are a big club but he managed in the Premier League and clearly when wanted to manage in the Premier League and Celtic enable him to put himself back into focus as a manager people would want to have managing their club in the Premier League.
"You have to put aside some of the rancour and remember he did a very good job. He won everything that was available to win. And they’re straight into the Champions League so Peter Lawwell might be able to say to him ‘there’s an extra £30million or £40 million for your playing squad’. The emotion the fans will feel will dissipate the first time they smash Rangers, if they indeed they do."
