I don’t see Brendan leaving

This is the first time the club has had difficulties since Rodgers arrived but he is still a man with a mission

I DON’T see the relationship between Brendan Rodgers and Celtic fracturing anytime soon.

There is always a crisis at Celtic whenever there are a couple of results that are off.

Until I had come to Glasgow I don’t think I had appreciated quite how much of a mountain can be made from a mousehole.

This weekend made me raise an eyebrow for a couple of reasons, mainly because of the negativity and chat around the perception that Brendan is ready to walk away from the club.

I just don’t see it at all. I would never deny that there was frustration in the summer transfer window. I know he was upset at not getting the targets that he wanted. There was clear friction between him and the board, which I think he himself made pretty clear.

Brendan has acknowledged that there was an offer for him from China – but he didn’t take it. He wanted to stay in Glasgow. He believes he still has work to do at the club and he is a man who still enjoys his work.

And my own feeling is that you will see the atonement for this summer’s messy transfer window when we get going again in January.

I think Brendan will get what he wants, obviously within reason, when the window opens again. I also suspect that there have been assurances from the club that will happen.

He knows what it means to manage Celtic and I just don’t see him walking away from it any time soon.

In any period of time at a football club you will have ups and downs. But over the two seasons there have

been so few downs at Celtic that when the challenge came it was always going to be blown out of proportion.

Since the minute that Brendan Rodgers walked through the front door at Celtic things have been on the up – both on and off the park.