Ex-Celtic boss sides with supporters over Brendan Rodgers’ move to Leicester

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Former Celtic boss David Hay says he understands where supporters are coming from with their frustrations at Brendan Rodgers’ departure.

Speaking to the Glasgow Evening Times, the former Hoops boss has thrown his backing behind the club’s loyal fanbase.

Rodgers left Celtic Park on Tuesday to join Leicester, with the Hoops on the cusp of an unprecedented triple treble.

Since the news broke courtesy of the BBC, Celtic supporters have seemingly washed their hands of Rodgers.

Hay was Celtic boss between 1983 and 1987, winning one league title and one Scottish Cup.

Now 71, Hay knows all about leaving Celtic under acrimonious circumstances.

After 130 appearances in the green and white, he moved to Chelsea in 1974 for a then club record fee £225,000.

Despite that, Hay does understand where Celtic’s fans are coming from over Rodgers’ move.

He told the Glasgow Evening Times: “The prevailing feeling now of anger is justified. What it boils down to is a feeling of being utterly sold out.

“The timing of the move is all wrong but more than that it is the fact he is opting to go elsewhere after banging the drum of being a lifelong Celtic supporter.”

Rodgers returns to the Premier League after four years out of the English game.

During his time with Liverpool, he very nearly won the title.

Hay doesn’t agree with how Rodgers has gone about things, however.

He continued: “I don’t think there would have been too many dissenting voices if he had turned around at the end of the season and said that he wanted to get back down and work in the Premier League.

“The anger will dull and calm down but there is no question that the legacy which he leaves now is undeniably tarnished.”