Brendan Rodgers in big Celtic realisation as Carl Starfelt transfer type exit can no longer hurt him
dailyrecord.co.ukThere’s a bit of the control freak about all the very best managers.But, second time around, Brendan Rodgers is learning to deal with it.
There was a time when he could not possibly fathom why on earth any one of his players might believe the grass to be greener somewhere else … well, what’s good for the goose and all that.So when Jota dropped the bombshell that he was following the oil money all the way to Saudi Arabia, Rodgers reluctantly shrugged his shoulders and got on with the job of making Celtic better without their former talisman.
And when Carl Starfelt walked into his office and declared that his time at the club was also about to come to an end – because of an affair of the heart – the footballing perfectionist inside Rodgers may have rolled his eyes for a moment before accepting that, in life, sometimes these things just happen.Starfelt is expected to follow girlfriend Jaycynta out of Glasgow’s east end this week, following her move from the Celtic Women’s side to Sporting’s.
The Swede is currently thrashing out the finer details of a deal which will take him to Celta Vigo, for the most part, in order that he can be closer to his partner.Had Rodgers been dealt with such a blow from left field a few years ago, he might not have been quite so philosophical about it.
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