Brendan Rodgers: I won't dwell on past Celtic glories

Brendan Rodgers has vowed he will not dwell on past glories after returning for a second spell as Celtic manager.

Following Ange Postecoglou's departure for Tottenham after a Treble-winning campaign, Rodgers’ comeback was confirmed on a three-year contract.

Rodgers had himself suddenly left the Hoops to head to Leicester in February 2019 after winning seven out of seven domestic trophies.

The former Liverpool boss, though, maintains he still has plenty of hunger for more success on his return to Celtic Park.

"I’m very proud and obviously very happy to be here, I want to say a massive thank you to Dermot (Desmond) and the board for taking me back, and everything feels so natural, I’m really pleased," Rodgers told Celtic TV.

"The nostalgia is great, but it’s the past and hopefully from that period, what we achieved is set in concrete and will always be there.

"But I’m here again to win and look forward and continue with that mentality and to look to see if we can do something in Europe.

"But there is no doubt that happiness of being here played a huge part both professionally and personally.

"From a football perspective, we achieved and created history while I was here and the aim will be to continue with that mentality going forward.

"But also outside of the field, my family and everyone associated with me had great happiness of their time here, so that made it pretty straightforward in terms of wanting to come back.

"Our life outside of football was incredible, and Scotland and Glasgow was amazing for us. So from a professional perspective and from a personal perspective there was a real happiness for us to come back."

Rodgers admits he has a tough act to follow after the success achieved under Postecoglou's tenure.

"It will be the