Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers wanted to manage John McGinn.
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers is named by the bookies as a contender for the vacant Aston Villa job, The Express report.
Rodgers’ Celtic suffered another defeat last night in the Europa League, continuing their turbulent start to the season.
Celtic’s troubles began with the transfer window, with Brendan Rodgers’ side failing to land key transfer targets.
The one player Rodgers wanted the most was John McGinn, who went to Aston Villa instead.
The Scotsman reported Rodgers’ frustration that Celtic ‘left the door open’ for Villa to nip in and sign the Hibernian midfielder.
He even reportedly made a late phone call to McGinn in an effort to convince him to join Celtic.
McGinn has had a strong start at Villa and shown why Rodgers wanted him.
Villa chief executive Christian Purslow is an admirer of Rodgers, speaking positively about him in the press in recent years, HITC Sport reported yesterday.
Villa have a lot of work to do to convince Rodgers to quit Celtic to join, but if he did make the move, it would cap a remarkable twist on the McGinn transfer saga and see the two work together at last.
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