Brendan Rodgers claims that his family haven’t spoken to him after leaving Celtic for Leicester

Brendan Rodgers has revealed members of his family have not spoken to him since he left Celtic for Leicester City.

Rodgers, 47, put pen to paper on a £5million-a-year deal, lasting until 2022 when he moved from Celtic in February but has since signed a new contract to keep him at the club until at least 2025.

Rodgers claims that his role as Celtic manager ‘meant so much’ to his family, that they were ‘distraught’ when he left the club and have even cut off contact with him since. 

Brendan Rodgers says his family won’t speak to him after leaving Celtic for £5m last summer

‘I have family who were just distraught that I had left Celtic, they just couldn’t believe it,’ Rodgers told The Beautiful Game Podcast.

‘I have relations that haven’t spoken to me since the day I left Celtic.

‘It meant so much to them.’

At the time Rodgers had Celtic on course for a third treble of trophies as Celtic were eight points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership, had a League Cup under their belt and were set to clinch another Scottish FA Cup.

There was uproar among fans when he made the decisions to leave as they believed he was the defining factor to the club’s success.

Rodgers admits that it was not an easy decision to leave the club but one he had to do.

‘It is so difficult,’ he said. ‘One, because of the people.

‘We had, from when I went into the club to where the club was at that point, it was a different club.

‘The connection between the supporters and the team was really strong. We were in an incredible period. I was only the third manager in the history of the club to complete the treble.

‘We were able to do it as an invincible treble, and then we did it again. And then people say you could have done a third one or a fourth one.

Rodgers says that it meant ‘so much’ to his family that he was the manager to Celtic

Rodgers said it was difficult decision to leave the club but one that was right for him at the time

Rodgers believes he left Celtic at the right time, with them sitting eight points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership. 

‘I felt at the time when I left Celtic, the team was eight points clear. And when you think of all the season up until that point, Celtic had always won the League by double figures. The previous season we won by 30.

‘So I felt, strategically, ‘OK we’d won the League Cup, we’re eight points clear in the League and then the team is then in a good position in the Scottish up as well.’

‘If it was one point I couldn’t leave. But I felt and when I spoke with my staff and then took the ultimate decision: The team is in a good place, there’s a mentality now within the team’.

‘And not just in hindsight, you feel the club will continue and go on and win the treble again.’

The Foxes boss has done an outstanding job since taking charge at the King Power Stadium in February.

The 47-year-old, put pen to paper on a £5million-a-year deal at The Foxes lasting until 2022

Rodgers has done an outstanding job since taking charge at the King Power Stadium 

The squad have won title in 2016, reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League a year later and are third in the Premier League this season.

Rodgers said part of the decision to leave Celtic stemmed from the opportunity to take the reigns at Leicester during their time of need and build them into a highly successful team.

He recalled his thought process, saying: ‘I can come into Leicester where I can look at the team under pressure for ten games and then see how the players are.

‘Then I can build something in the summer to come into this season and then take off.

‘Again, there are for’s and against’s that, but ultimately you have to be unsentimental in football because this is a business.

‘You love football, and I love football, it’s incredible, but it’s also a business, and when you have to make decisions, you have to be unsentimental.

‘You carry all of that too much, and you’ll never do anything.’

‘I had some unforgettable memories at Celtic that will live with me for a lifetime that I still think about now.’