Rodgers on feeling 'empty', 'cowardly' insider & 'genuine talent' Iheanacho

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has been talking to the media before his side's Scottish Premiership trip to Kilmarnock on Sunday.

Here are the best bits from his news conference:

• Rodgers won't dwell on the transfer window now that it has closed, but wouldn't hide his disappointment at how it panned out: "We have to accept and take responsibility that the window wasn't what we wanted."

• Rodgers insists he has never been more determined to succeed this season than now - "it's my duty".

• Says he totally understands fan frustration because "we were all frustrated". Adds that supporters "keep us honest, they keep us driving and pushing".

• The Northern Irishman says a similar failure in terms of transfers caused him to leave the club in 2019, but insists he won't walk out this time. On how he felt at the end of the window, Rodgers says: "It didn't make me think of walking way, I just felt empty, if I'm honest."

• When asked about tensions between the Celtic board and supporters, Rodgers says only time will tell how that situation will play out: "I'm not here to answer those questions because they are not mine".

• He has regular communication with Michael Nicholson and has "huge respect" for Dermot Desmond. Rodgers hopes a solution can be found for everyone to start pulling in the same direction again.

• Rodgers thinks the club must assess how they communicate following the poorly-received statement put out after the transfer window - "the quality of your life is the quality of your communication," he adds.

• On the briefing from within the club to a national newspaper that he was trying to manufacture an exit, Rodgers describes it as a "cowardly action", but says he isn't surprised by it.

• He stresses the importance of being backed by the board - "with the weight I have on my shoulders, it's so important to feel supported" - and says he is "100%" open to staying beyond this season.

• Rodgers says Adam Idah did not ask to leave the club and Celtic did not want to sell him without a proper replacement.

• The manager describes free agent Kelechi Iheanacho as "robust" and with "genuine talent".

• Winger Daizen Maeda asked to leave Celtic in February, but the club "weren't ready" to facilitate that in the summer.

• Team news: Kieran Tierney has trained after dropping out of the Scotland squad and Iheanacho is available for a debut.