Brendan Rodgers confirms he’ll remain at Celtic until contact ends

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·22. August 2025

Brendan Rodgers confirms he’ll remain at Celtic until contact ends

Brendan Rodgers today confirmed that he will NOT leave Celtic before his three-year contract expires at the end of the season. And while he hinted that talks had indeed taken place earlier in the summer, these are now on hold in order for him to concentrate on the football…

Brendan Rodgers, Manager of Celtic looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League Play-offs Round First Leg match between Celtic and Kairat Almaty at Celtic Park on August 20, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

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Previously, in his media conference ahead of the Flag Day opener against St Mirren, Rodgers had insisted that he would only stay at Celtic until the end of this season – his third season in a three year contract – and would not remain unless the club showed enough ambition in their transfer dealings to allow the club to develop further and support the manager as he attempts to re-establish Celtic as a credible player at Champions League level.

Asked today at his media conference ahead of tomorrow’s match against Livingston, if he’d consider leaving as a result of the club’s failings in the transfer market regarding signings, he emphatically closed that down, even joking about having tried that previously and it not going down too well.

Brendan Rodgers, Manager of Celtic appeals during the UEFA Champions League Play-offs Round First Leg match between Celtic and Kairat Almaty at Celtic Park on August 20, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

This time Brendan will stay and work with the players that he has. There are strong indications that at least four signings will be coming in and depending on how the now problematic right back situation pans out over the next week with Alistair Johnston confirmed to be missing for the three months, that could rise to five players arriving before the window closes.

Alistair Johnston of Celtic is stretchered off after sustaining an injury during the UEFA Champions League Play-offs Round First Leg match between Celtic and Kairat Almaty at Celtic Park on August 20, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

That may be enough to convince Rodgers to re-engage with the board on a new contract, which would obviously include hearing their vision for next season and the two years after that before be penned another three year contract.

Here’s Brendan confirming that there is no chance that he will leave Celtic during this season by his own accord.

🍀 "No chance. We've done that one before and it didn't go down well!" Brendan Rodgers insists he won't walk away from the Celtic job ⤵️
– Freitag, 22. August 2025

And here’s the full media conference with the manager ahead of tomorrow’s match against Livingston at Celtic Park…

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