Celtic captain Scott Brown has admitted he would love to see the return of former manager Brendan Rodgers to Parkhead after revealing he is in regular contact with much of the squad.
The Hoops saw the Northern Irish boss depart Glasgow this season to return to the Premier League with Leicester City, a move which caused plenty of anger and frustration among the Bhoys faithful.
However, speaking of the man who helped guide the club to two successive treble winning seasons, Brown admitted he was brilliant for both his performances and the Hoops as a whole, with his fingers crossed he could make a return in the future.
He told the Evening Times: “I’m hoping that (a return) could happen one day. It would be amazing. For me he was unbelievable. He made the last two and a half years of my career so exciting. He pushed me on to levels I would never have hit if he hadn’t come in and put that trust and belief into me.
“He is always texting me before games, he is always texting after games. He is still taking a real interest in Celtic. He loves the club inside and out and a lot of the lads are still speaking to him. He takes time to speak to us still. We wouldn’t have had the double treble without him.
“We wouldn’t have the opportunity to be eight points clear when he left with the chance of another Scottish Cup as well. For me, he was a genius when he came in. I speak to him quite a lot. We just speak in general. The way his team has been playing, how I am getting on, how he is getting on. It’s just mate’s chat really.”
Opinion
After all his time at Celtic Park it should come as little surprise that Rodgers is still in contact with the Hoops stars this season and you can be sure there would have been messages of congratulations coming their way from the man who led the charge for much of the season. However, you imagine that Brown’s hopes of a return to Parkhead are going to remain a pipe dream unless something drastic happens to see his career collapse around him or the Hoops manage to elevate themselves to the upper echelons of European football. He has achieved all he can in Scotland with two successive treble winning campaigns and there is no reason for him to return any time soon. There will always be new challenges when it come to management and so you can imagine that he will not be short of options in the future. His time at Celtic is done – it is time to look forward, not backwards.