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Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has rejected suggestions that he is in the running for the Aston Villa job. The Midlands outfit recently parted company with manager Steve Bruce after a disastrous set of results that left the club in the mid-table of the Championship table. Brendan Rodgers has been a revelation with Celtic, as he has been able to get the club to beat numerous records while winning titles along the way. However, the 2018-19 campaign has been quite difficult for the Northern Ireland manager since Celtic have been going through a difficult campaign where they are not top of the Scottish Premier League.

There have been suggestions that Rodgers may be on the lookout for a new challenge after having been at Celtic since 2016. He has been able to win the treble in both his campaigns with the club, but the European experiences for Brendan Rodgers have not been spectacular. Aston Villa may offer him a great way back into English football but the club have been in disarray for quite a while. It may take a substantial transfer investment from the club in order to start challenging for the promotion places and there is a good chance at Villa may have to spend another campaign in the second division.

Celtic defender Kieran Tierney is aiming progression with the Hoops in Europe this season. The Scottish champions made the Champions League group stage in each of the previous two campaigns under Brendan Rodgers but they have had to settle for the Europa League this time around after failing to qualification for the elite competition through the play-offs.

Despite this, Tierney believes the Hoops have much to improve from the previous year in Europe and he is hoping that the team can provide better performances on the road, he said: “The aim is always progression. We would like to go through of course. The aim is to win all our home games and pick up what we can away.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has said that he was pleased with how Dedryck Boyata reacted to the negative reception from the club’s faithful. The Belgian came for stick after faking an injury to miss the Champions League tie versus AEK Athens which the Hoops lost and thereafter, there were protests from the supporters to exclude him from first-team duty.

Amidst this, Rodgers made the surprise decision to start Boyata for the league game versus Hamilton and the centre-back managed to prove his worth with a 63rd-minute winner. Speaking about the same, Rodgers said: “Obviously I would have preferred a different reaction but I am not going to criticise the supporters.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodger has talked up the importance of Dedryck Boyata to the Hoops and he is optimistic that the Belgian will extend his contract with the club. The 27-year-old was recently part of the Belgium squad at the World Cup finals in Russia where he made three appearances en route to the country’s bronze-medal finish to the tournament.

Since then, there have been reports suggesting that the centre-back could pursue a big-club move elsewhere but Rodgers have conveyed the centre-back’s importance to the Hoops by saying: “He is very important. I always said that once he got into the team, Dedryck would do very well.He is an experienced player and his experience at the World Cup is only going to help him.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers had admitted that he would have liked more signings by now, considering the Hoops season has already begun. The Scottish champions kick-started their season with a Champions League first qualifying round game against Alashkert which they won by a 3-0 scoreline.

Speaking to The Evening Times, Rodgers admitted that he would have fancied more signings by now but he is content to have kept hold of the core of the squad which includes Tom Rogic. Meanwhile, he added that the club are only focused on signing players who could improve the squad from the off, he said: “I’d always have liked to have more in by now but the most important thing was ensuring we kept the players we wanted to stay. The likes of Tom Rogic and these guys.

Celtic midfielder Lewis Morgan has rubbished the ongoing speculation over his future. The 21-year-old only joined the Hoops from St Mirren in January but he was loaned back to the Paisley club for the second half of the season where they secured promotion to the top-flight. Since then, Morgan has surprisingly been linked with a reunion with manager Jack Ross at Sunderland but the midfielder has now dismissed the gossip.

He said: “The only thing in my head is going into Celtic pre-season, starting on Monday and impressing. I don’t have any eyes on any other club and why should I? It’s one of the biggest clubs in the world I’m at. I’m only focused on Celtic. I suppose you never really know with football, but the plan is for me to go in there in pre-season and try and really stake my own claim to get in the team.”

Celtic defender Kieran Tierney believes the double treble achieved by Celtic will never be repeated by any other Scottish club. The Hoops secured their sixth trophy under the tutelage of Brendan Rodgers as they beat Motherwell 2-0 in the Scottish Cup final and they have now attained every domestic trophy up for grabs over the past two seasons.

Speaking to reporters, Tierney was pleased with achievement and does not believe a similar achievement is possible in the future, he said: “I’m not sure because it’s very hard to win six cups domestically in a row. It’s never been done before and that’s because it’s very hard to keep the consistency over two years and we have managed to do that, so we have to enjoy that now. There was a lot of talk about it [the double treble] and there should be because it’s never been done and it’s so hard. The expectation has always been there at Celtic and this season and last we have dealt with it great.”

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has insisted that he is enjoying the best job in the world and has no plans of leaving the Hoops in the near future. The Northern Irishman added that he has plans of returning to the Premier League at some stage of his career but he won’t be replacing Arsene Wenger at Arsenal this summer.

The Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has backed Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers to improve the club’s performances in Europe in the coming years. The Hoops are on the cusp of a seventh consecutive Scottish Premiership title, but they have not been able to replicate a similar showing in the European games.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has praised the progress of on-loan striker Odsonne Edouard, whilst categorically denying the Hoops can sign him for just £7m during the summer. The 20-year-old made a slow start to his proceedings after his season-long loan from Paris Saint-Germain, but he has of late risen to the occasion.