When the time finally comes, Brendan Rodgers will hoist the green and white scarf above his head and then address his public.
The Irishman will say all the right things – because he always does. He’ll tell Celtic supporters it’s a dream to come back to such a wonderful club, one that’s among the biggest in the world. He’ll tell them it was too much of a pull to turn down, how there were some regrets about the timing of his departure last time and how he has unfinished business in this neck of the woods.
Rodgers is likely to lay it on thick about his love of all things Celtic, but, unlike last time, Hoops fans might take it more with a pinch of salt. The mood among the support seems to be acceptance of being spurned before and the chance that it could happen again, while being more than pleased their club has gone out to bring in the biggest possible hitter they could get to follow Ange Postecoglou.