Leeds United are making a late move to hijack Celtic’s Brendan Rodgers deal.
Leeds United have made a late move to hijack Celtic’s reappointment of Brendan Rodgers with the Yorkshire club’s prospective new owners set to go all out to try and land the Northern Irish coach, according to the Daily Record.
It is understood that Rodgers has already turned down Crystal Palace as he is not interested in another Premier League firefighting job but the Whites are hopeful they can tempt him to take charge of the rebuilding project at Elland Road with the prospect of sizeable transfer war chest.
Leeds United new manager hunt
Football League World sources revealed earlier this week that interviews had begun as Leeds ramped up the search for their Sam Allardyce replacement ahead of their return to the Championship.
FLW understands that Rodgers, who left Leicester City late last season, is among the preferred candidates, alongside current West Bromwich Albion head coach Carlos Corberan and former Norwich City boss Daniel Farke. Me
The 50-year-old is also on Celtic’s wishlist as they search for a replacement for Ange Postecoglou and the Daily Record revealed yesterday that he’d been convinced to consider returning to the Scottish giants for a second spell and had asked for some time to mull over his decision.
It is said that while the 2022/23 SPFL champions are continuing to hold talks with alternative options, they remain optimistic that Rodgers will put pen to paper on a deal that has been agreed in principle by the end of the week.
