According to reports in Scotland, Brendan Rodgers is leaving Celtic to take over as manager of Leicester City.
The 46-year-old has been given permission to speak with the Premier League club is in the East Midlands for talks.
The Herald reports that Rodgers's assistants at Celtic, Kolo Toure and Chris Davies, will join him at Leicester.
It is also said that former Celtic manager Neil Lennon is expected to take over at Parkhead until the end of the season. Lennon had also been linked with the Leicester job on an interim basis.
Neil Lennon looks like he’s back in at Celtic... Brendan Rodgers off to Leicester... surprising timing for Brendan to leave now and not in the summer...
— Chris Sutton (@chris_sutton73) February 26, 2019
Rodgers became Celtic manager in the summer of 2016 and has led the club to two league titles. He will succeed Claude Puel at Leicester. The Frenchman was sacked as boss at the King Power stadium over the weekend.
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