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David Irvine

Watch Brendan Rodgers' Celtic return press conference live

Brendan Rodgers' first press conference since his return to Celtic will take place this afternoon.

The former Liverpool and Leicester manager completed a stunning return to Cetlic this week, signing a three-year deal at Parkhead.

And now, he is set to conduct his first press conference back in Glasgow.

Rodgers will face the media at 4pm at Celtic Park today - and the club have announced the press conference will be streamed live.

Fans can watch the press conference on the Celtic YouTube or Facebook page.

You can watch the press conference live HERE.

While Rodgers hasn't yet spoken to the media after completing a return to Celtic - he did last night send a video message to supporters.

In the short video, he said: "Hi, it's Brendan here, I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the support that I've had since I've been named the manager here again at Celtic.

"I'm very proud and very honoured to be given the opportunity and hopefully I can repay the faith or Dermot [Desmond] and the board for accepting me back to the club.

"But also, very, very importantly to you the supporters.

"Celtic Football Club is about the supporters and I hope that I can come back, make you very proud and also very importantly make you dream again. 

"We did that in our first time together and now, hopefully going forward we can dream again.

"So I really look forward to it and look forward to being together as one from the very first day of the season; and let's make this a memorable season for us all.

"Take care. And Hail Hail."

And in an interview with Celtic TV, Rodgers revealed a secret lunch with club captain Callum McGregor helped seal his return to Glasgow.

He explained: "He [McGregor] was pivotal back then [in Rodgers' first spell], just seeing a young player develop his personality and bring that personality to be a very important player for Celtic.

"Then obviously seeing him when I left continue to make that growth has been really pleasing. 

"I have to say he was a big part of my coming back as well because I had a lunch with him for a few hours in Mallorca just to understand the squad and where it was at and where he felt the club was at.

"He gave me some great feedback that the group was hungry, it was young and it was ready to keep pushing forward.

"And for me, Callum - he's an absolutely brilliant player on the pitch, his brain, his view of the game is right up there with the very best I've ever worked with and he's robust, he plays many games. He's the ultimate professional."

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