The sound of satisfied accountants back-slapping was emanating from Anfield on Monday after it was revealed that Liverpool had managed to make Brendan Rodgers go away and move to Scotland for only £15.6m of fans’ hard earned cash.
Rodgers who came to Liverpool armed with plenty of character and a handful of white envelopes in June 2012, was rewarded with a new four year contract after finishing as runners up to Manchester City in 2014. A shrewd move by the Liverpool hierarchy ensuring Rodgers would receive maximum compensation 5 months later when they sent the Northern Irishmen packing.
Now at Celtic and with only those millions in his pocket to his name, Rodgers has been forced to seek comfort elsewhere by breaking the Lisbon Lions’ record of 26 consecutive domestic games unbeaten. Rodgers’ Celtic currently sit 27 points clear of Aberdeen at the top of the Scottish Premiership.
Meanwhile, back at Anfield the moneymen are presumably cooking up more inventive schemes to burn through the tv money as quickly as possible.
