Brendan Rodgers' Celtic sentiment left in a taxi for Leicester and business arrangement needs fast start – Chris Sutton

Brendan Rodgers must be getting seriously tooled-up for this Celtic return. If you are a fan, that has to be the most-exciting part of the appointment.

Rodgers is not going to put himself back into the position unless he genuinely feels he can do something in Europe and seriously fancies giving Rangers another severe going over. You can’t delete the past and I’m not going to attempt to. I’ll get to that. But first thing is first. The big positives.

I actually really admire the fact Dermot Desmond seems to have ignored any potential issues over fan unrest when making this move. It’s as if he’s thought: Brendan Rodgers is the best man for the job. That’s who I am getting and I’m not bothered by what anyone else says or thinks. Strip away the furniture and what has gone before and, looking purely at the candidates and his previous record at the club, there is probably no doubt Rodgers was the stand-out man Celtic could get.

After the way he left, I can’t believe he would go back into the job without having serious guarantees and real belief he’ll be given what he wants to try to make an impact in the Champions League. He won seven trophies out of seven domestically. There is nothing more to achieve on that score. Europe has to be playing a big part.

In that sense, given a manager is never in a stronger position than when he is wanted for a job, he could have said we need x, y and z and I want this and that. Why would you take the opportunity in any other circumstance? Why put yourself in any sort of position to potentially fail?

You can say or think what you like about the way he left, but Rodgers is a very smart and a very clever bloke. And, obviously, it goes without saying that so, too, is Desmond.

So there must be