Brendan Rodgers tipped for Premier League management return despite Celtic allegations

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Brendan Rodgers could find himself back in the Premier League soon, despite being branded “divisive, misleading, and self-serving” upon his exit from Celtic. Rodgers resigned as Celtic manager on Monday following a poor start to the season and breakdown in relationship with the board.

The Northern Irishman left with Celtic eight points adrift of Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts following a 3-1 loss to the early pace-setters. Celtic released a statement close to 10pm on Monday night to confirm the shock news before major shareholder Dermot Desmond went on the attack.

While Celtic released a run-of-the-mill statement, Desmond produced a stunning set of allegations about Rodgers. He said the manager was to blame for “a toxic atmosphere around the club” and had told lies to the press about the board.

Martin O’Neill has come in as interim boss, while Rodgers, a former Liverpool and Leicester boss, is already being linked with a new job. According to talkSPORT , he would be top choice at Molineux should Wolves sack Vítor Pereira in the near future.

Pereira is under huge pressure, with Wolves bottom of the Premier League and still without a win after nine matches. The Portuguese manager was seen angrily arguing with supporters after the dramatic 3-2 defeat by Burnley on the weekend and needs a result when they travel to face Fulham on Saturday afternoon.

He vowed to keep going and explained the confrontation in his pre-match press conference. "I went there just to say to them that we are fighting, we are fighting, we are fighting, and we must fight together. This is what I said," Pereira said.

"But I understand the frustration because I was frustrated also. But this is football. The last game (against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup fourth round), the result was not the result that we wanted. But I felt again the connection between the supporters and the team, and this is because of that."

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Wolves lost 4-3 to Chelsea in the Carabao Cup in midweek, piling yet more pressure onto Pereira who only recently signed a new contract with the club. Pereira joined Wolves in December 2024 after the dismissal of Gary O'Neil and comfortably led them to safety in the Premier League, having arrived when they were 19th.

He retains the backing of the hierarchy for now, but knows results must turn soon. “I have a lot of experience in football,” he said this week. “A few months ago they sang my name. When I arrived here the club was in a very bad position, and we are in the Premier League because together we got it.

"We did fantastic work to be here competing in the Premier League. But I understand it’s football. If you win two or three games in a row everything changes. I'm concerned about the team. I'm concerned about winning games, it’s not about me, it’s about the team, about the club.”

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