Brendan Rodgers has revealed he was intent on leaving Celtic on the finish of his third marketing campaign.
The Invincible Treble-winning boss departed midway by means of the 2018/19 season when Leicester Metropolis and a return to the Premier League got here calling.
His choice to bow out at an important stage of the membership's quest for 10 In A Row left a lingering anger with supporters and Rodgers has repeatedly pressured he understood why.
However he is now admitted he was planning to stop only a few months later, a plan introduced ahead by Leicester's method.
He instructed the Belfast Telegraph : “The unique plan was to remain till the tip of the season however then it modifications and I made the choice to go away Celtic in what I felt was a extremely sturdy place.
“Clearly there was loads mentioned inside Celtic, exterior of Celtic and media however I’ll by no means let that ever diminish the superb time I had there as a result of for me it's all concerning the feeling.
"I perceive Celtic folks and supporters after I left. I completely get that as a result of a lack of something there may be all the time disappointment and anger and I completely get that and the way I left it was the in all probability the shock aspect of it.
“I look again and suppose extra of the superb time I had not simply on the pitch however off the pitch and the help I had and the chums we made.
"Dwelling in Glasgow was an incredible expertise. We journey up after we can and the expertise won't ever be tainted by the rest.”