Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that he has yet to be offered a new contract by Celtic, despite entering the final year of his current deal.
Talks have taken place over the summer, but the manager insists he remains fully committed to pushing the club forward and made it clear he won’t be hanging around just to maintain the status quo.
Rodgers rejoined the club last summer and is now beginning his third season in charge in his second spell.
Speaking to CeltsAreHere ahead of the new Premiership campaign, he addressed speculation over his future and confirmed discussions with majority shareholder Dermot Desmond and chief executive Michael Nicholson had taken place.
“There’s no further update, no,” he said to CeltsAreHere. “And for the sake of honesty and clarity, I can tell you exactly where we’re at. I said when I came here first that I’d do three years minimum — and people had me out the door at the end of last season going various places. I said then, like I’ve said now, that there’s nowhere to go. I love being here. I’ve done two years. I’ve got one more year to go.
“Dermot and Michael and I had a conversation over the summer on where we were at and where it sits with myself and everything else. And I said, I’m very happy here. There’s conditions we want in to be able to improve and be better — because I’m not the type of manager that’s good at maintaining anything.
“If it’s just something to maintain, I’m not the manager of Celtic. It’ll be someone else. But to build and grow and develop and push, then, of course, I love being at Celtic.”
“When the club feel that there’s that time to make an offer, then they will do. But, as I said, it’s slightly different from a manager’s perspective to a player. It doesn’t change my hunger and desire here for the work.”
As the new season begins with the flag day clash at Celtic Park on Sunday, Rodgers has his eyes firmly set on delivering improvement — not just on last year, but on what the club expects at the highest level.
It’s the first time that he has spoken honestly and openly about his contract, which is now in its final year.
Some fans have speculated that Rodgers wants away, or only has one eye on the ball, but he’s made it clear that that’s not the case. He’s only interested in improving Celtic.
Well done Brendan he knows and supporters in the same spheres we want our club to improve winning spl ever year with two cups is good but we want to compete with in Europe we shouldn’t be worried about qualifying rounds we should have a team thats up there and should be fav to qualify we have brought in players id say will improve the squad just need a proven striker £10,000,000 should do but said that idah has not shown hes the answer £9,000,000 Engels £11,000,000 who i think will be a great investment thats what it is with our Club by and improve spl is very hard sell to players even with the clubs standing in the game we pay good wages they dont come here for pennies no matter the negativity by some supporters not a lot but media will magnifi it we have 60,000 season book holders and large waiting list for more cant be doing as bad as people think or wish we dont all fly under the green brigade and ultras banner the do good but away some of it embarrassing to watch and hear club know section how do the get away tickets John Paul has to look at or someone has to look at John Paul this gaza thing is been blown up politics should not be allowed in sport in Rodgers we trust but he should no what happen at Leicester city badly run club ut put your CV Liverpool was nit drastic but Leicester city nightmare just to get back to epl or out of spl maybe Celtic bit static new format of champions league gives players a chance to spend 5 months in the top league but spl still must win yes we should be in champions league even if we have to qualify want teams to say dont want to be drawn against Celtic-FC 1888 there a top side our team should be feared and buying one top player ain’t doing it but three weeks to go
There are have it then. Brendan’s leaving because the Kelly and the Whites 2.9 have trousered the money and crushed our ambitions.
Boo them out the building on Saturday. Remind Peter Lawwell in the 21 years he’s been asleep at the wheel.
Rangers have crawled out of hell and back to reach two major European cup finals.
Our dream.
Sack the board. And let’s take our club back! Rebuild the stand and let working class fans back in with lower ticket prices and buy back schemes from the season ticket mafia!
Sack the board. Back the manager.
It’s time to take our club back.
Desmond out. Lowell out. Nicholson out.
We’ll back Brendan Rodgers as manager when we hound the charlatan, thieves and crooks out of the board
We’re taking our club back. Tiocfaidh ar la!
Charlatans. Thieves and crooks out of of our football club.
Non executive directors and the Celtic McMafia.
Get yourself to fuck! You human filth scum!
Corporate greed , stop funding their greed boycott and protest before there is nothing left, they are on a path of destruction of the club to fill their pockets,