Brendan Rodgers may return to Celtic with things to prove. Not to a fanbase in terms of his loyalty.
But in terms of making a proper dent in the Champions League, defeating a more competitive Rangers and showing he can take on Ange Postecoglou’s brilliant attacking style and lift it up to even more enthralling levels. Rodgers’ Northern Irish compatriot Steve Lomas doesn’t feel some fan unrest is a major issue.
The boss may have angered large sections of the support when he walked out of the door to Leicester in February 2019, but he’d also handed them trophy after trophy before he went. Former St Johnstone manager Lomas said: “Brendan Rodgers had unbelievable success before he left and is a Celtic fan. They say you should never go back, but I don’t believe in that. It’s a fallacy Listen, there are people running football clubs who have done some pretty unforgivable things. Football is a very fickle sport. As long as you are winning, everything is all right.
