Brendan Rodgers announced by Celtic LIVE as boss told how to get sceptics believing in him

The cans are getting cracked open in Paisley and across the world after Celtic announced the stunning return of Brendan Rodgers.

The Irishman is back in Paradise after signing a three-year deal – four years after leaving the club.

He replaces Ange Postecoglou and after a period of reflection, the legions of Celtic fans – none more so than Patsy – have been whipped into a frenzy.

Dermot Desmond has got the man he really wanted and the manager who won seven trophies out of seven is back in Glasgow’s East End in a bid to keep Celtic’s vice-like grip on domestic dominance.

He will go up against Rangers boss Michael Beale in a fascinating duel in Scottish football. But there’s also talk Rodgers, 50, will be handed a £35million transfer budget as he looks to make the club a European force again.

The County Antrim man’s delight to once again be Celtic’s manager is plain to see as the support’s pain over the departure of Postecoglou was wiped away by their returning Messiah.

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Paul Lambert has backed Rodgers to prove the doubters wrong in his second coming.

The boss has skeptics after his last exit and the Green Brigade have already voiced their discontent.

But former captain Lambert tells BBC that trophies will prove a healing method.

He said:

Brendan knows exactly what he's walking into.

He knows the club and its culture, he knows how to win and he grasped really quickly that when you're at Celtic, that's the bottom line. You have to win games.

The fans who are saying they don't want him - because there's a bit of hurt there - he'll pass that by and once he starts to win games everyone will forget it.

Brendan knows he has to win titles and the big thing for Celtic is trying to