John Hartson has challenged the Celtic board to ensure that Brendan Rodgers stays BEYOND 10-in-a-row!
Thoughts beyond 2021 seem premature with overnight reports suggesting that Leicester City could make an approach for the Irishman to take over from Claude Puel this week.
Even before Puel was fired Hartson was on television distancing Rodgers from taking over at the Midlands club but with the job now vacant there is a different dynamic in play.
Hartson has watched the Irishman closely since he took Swansea into the EPL and believes that it is upto the Celtic board to give their manager the funds to stay around to build his legacy.
In the Evening Times he states:
And I know I have said it before, but for me it is vital for Brendan to leave a legacy at Celtic. He can be the man not just to take them to ten-in-a-row but to 11, to 12, to 13, to 14…if the board go on and back him this summer then it could be anything.
There could be no let up to just how dominant Celtic are in a domestic sense.
I don’t agree that there is a natural shelf life for a manager at either Celtic or Rangers. Walter Smith didn’t feel the need to go after three seasons, did he? Martin O’Neill had five.
I don’t see it because I just don’t think that winning ever gets tired. And the way that things are set up now, Brendan can be the man who puts himself right up there with the very best.
He takes Celtic to ten and he is a legend in his own right. And it is so close now that you can almost taste it. It is within touching distance.
Rodgers joined Celtic in May 2016 on a 12 month rolling contract then signed a four year deal a year later.
The hoops boss will face the media today to preview Wednesday’s match away to Hearts but speculation about Leicester is certain to be brought up.
Stand by for more wishful thoughts from BBC Scotland https://t.co/9mrcwpGK4v
— Joe McHugh (@videocelts) February 26, 2019