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Brendan Rodgers left Celtic for Leicester City in February 2019.

Leicester City Manager Brendan Rodgers during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Newcastle United at The King Power Stadium on September 29, 2019 in Leicester, United...

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has suggested to The Telegraph that the timing of his departure from Celtic was not ideal.

Former Liverpool boss Rodgers was appointed the manager of Celtic in the summer of 2016.

The 46-year-old guided the Hoops to the domestic treble in 2016-17 and in 2017-18.

Last season, Rodgers won the Scottish League Cup for the Glasgow giants before leaving for Leicester in the Premier League.

Rodgers – who earns £5 million per year as salary at Leicester, according to The Telegraph – has reflected on his departure from Celtic last season.

Rodgers told The Telegraph: “I lived my dream managing Celtic, a club I supported. That journey will always be with me. But every manager and players will have goals and objectives they want to achieve in their career.

“Your situation can change very quickly. We won seven trophies on the spin and if I felt I could not take Celtic further it had to be the right club and I thought Leicester was too good an opportunity to turn down. The timing was not ideal but I left the team in a good place.”

Brendan Rodgers, Manager of Leicester City acknowledges the fans after the Premier League match between Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur at The King Power Stadium on September 21, 2019...

Leicester City success

Rodgers has already been a success at Leicester, with the Foxes doing well in the Premier League.

Leicester are unlikely to finish in the top four of the Premier League this season, but they could clinch a Europa League spot.

Under Rodgers, Leicester look defensively better and are also playing good and attacking football.

The Foxes are third in the Premier League table at the moment with 14 points from seven matches.

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers during the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Luton Town and Leicester City at Kenilworth Road on September 24, 2019 in Luton, England.