Brendan Rodgers: Leicester City name previous Celtic supervisor as administrator

Brendan Rodgers has previously managed Celtic, Liverpool, Watford, Reading and Swansea

 

 

 

Brendan Rodgers has been selected Leicester City's new supervisor in the wake of relinquishing his profession at Celtic.

The Northern Irishman has marked an agreement until June 2022 and succeeds Claude Puel, who was sacked on Sunday following 16 months in control.

It denotes a Premier League return for Rodgers, who recently overseen Liverpool and Swansea City.

"I'll give my life to make the supporters glad for their club," Rodgers said.

Including that he was "special and regarded" to take on the job, he stated: "Together, we'll be more grounded and I'm anticipating working with the players, staff and supporters to make the correct strides forward."

Neil Lennon replaces Rodgers at Celtic as between time chief until the finish of the period.

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Previous Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Celtic safeguard Kolo Toure additionally joins Leicester as a first-group mentor, having functioned as an individual from Rodgers' reserved alcove staff at Celtic.

While at Liverpool, Rodgers nearly won the Premier League title in 2013-14 preceding he was sacked in October 2015.

He at that point assumed control at Celtic in May 2016 and won each of the seven household trophies accessible, most as of late driving them to the Scottish League Cup in December.

Amid his more than two years in Scotland, he additionally qualified twice for the Champions League assemble arrange and broke the 100-year-old British unbeaten residential record with a 69-amusement unbeaten run.

Rodgers has likewise overseen Watford and Reading and was named the LMA Manager of the Year in 2014.

"I'm completely enchanted to convey a director of Brendan's bore to Leicester City," said club bad habit administrator Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha.

"I anticipate seeing what he, our gifted, youthful squad and our devoted, talented group of staff can accomplish together."

Rodgers will be Leicester's fourth lasting chief in 23 months after Puel, Craig Shakespeare and 2015-16 Premier League-winning supervisor Claudio Ranieri were altogether sacked.

The Foxes are twelfth in the Premier League having lost five of their previous six class recreations and host Brighton on Tuesday (19:45 GMT).

Saturday's 4-1 rout by Crystal Palace implied Leicester have lost four back to back home Premier League amusements out of the blue since January 2000.

They have surrendered the principal objective in 19 Premier League coordinates this season - more than some other side.