Just... wow.

Ritchie: Entirely not surprising but slightly upsetting. He had a great system last season but unfortunately it was clear the board weren’t willing to back him fully so unfortunately with a run of poor form and a lack of finances, he had no choice but to resign.

Alex: It has become increasingly clear in recent weeks that Brendan was not going to stop the divisive communications around the club, culminating in his desperate motor vehicle comparisons. This has affected the players and fans alike it was sadly time to go.

Lewis: I’m stunned. Simply stunned. I’m bewildered, shocked, any adjective you want to use. I was convinced that Rodgers would see out the rest of his contract but one way or another that’s not the reality. Very surprised that the week of a derby game this occurs and they’re bringing in the auld timers to try and bring a morale boost. Besides, when was the last time you saw both Celtic and Rangers change managers mid-season, at the same time?

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Where did this come from? Who next for Celtic? Is my half-eaten dinner still going to be on the table or in the dog when I go back downstairs?

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Chris Sutton
Former Celtic striker on BBC Radio 5Live

They lost players, didn’t replace them. It has been an unhappy club at the start of this season and there has been a friction between Rogers and the club hierarchy.

Last week, he described his team after the defeat at Dundee, he compared them to a Honda Civic. That’s not going to go down well in the dressing room, I think that was another dig at the club.

Watching the club on a daily basis and realising they are miles off it, that’s the way Celtic have been this season, and he has resigned.

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Chris Sutton
Former Celtic striker on BBC Radio 5Live

It is astonishing but I think there is a general feeling after Brendan Rogers said his piece before the season, didn’t get the players in which he would have liked, the desired quality. This was rumbling on. In press conferences he had little digs and pokes at the fact he didn’t get players in, and digs that seemed to be aimed at the board.

His dissatisfaction that he wasn’t given the team he wanted. When you go back to last season, and the relative success Celtic had in the Champions League, he felt it was about progressing the club and that hasn’t happened. They have had a poor start to the season, out of the Champions League and even domestically, not as dominant as they should have been.

Amy Canavan
BBC Sport Scotland

The first word is, wow.

Where to begin? Brendan Rodgers resigning or Martin O'Neill and Shaun Maloney incoming? Or better yet, Dermot Desmond's comments?

Astonishing. Remarkable. Wild.

Brendan Rodgers has today tendered his resignation as manager of Celtic Football Club.

I want to acknowledge Brendan’s contribution across his two spells as Manager, during which he helped deliver success that forms part of the club’s modern history. However, I must also express my deep disappointment at the way the past several months have unfolded.

When we brought Brendan back to Celtic two years ago, it was done with complete trust and belief in his ability to lead the club into a new era of sustained success. Unfortunately, his conduct and communication in recent months have not reflected that trust.

In June, both Michael Nicholson and I expressed to Brendan that we were keen to offer him a contract extension, to reaffirm the club’s full backing and long-term commitment to him. He said he would need to think about it and revert. Yet in subsequent press conferences, Brendan implied that the club had made no commitment to offer him a contract. That was simply untrue.

We met with Brendan regularly, including in December last year and at the start of the summer, with regular dialogue in between, to discuss and agree our collective strategy, priorities, and approach. Every player signed and every player sold during his tenure was done so with Brendan’s full knowledge, approval, and endorsement. Any insinuation otherwise is absolutely false.

His later public statements about transfers and club operations came entirely out of the blue. At no point prior to those remarks had he raised any such concerns with me, Michael, or any member of the Board or executive team. In reality, he was given final say over all football matters and was consistently backed in the recruitment process — including record investment in players he personally identified and approved.

When his comments were made publicly, I sought to address them directly. Brendan and I met for over three hours at his home in Scotland to discuss the issue. Despite ample opportunity, he was unable to identify a single instance where the club had obstructed or failed to support him. The facts did not match his public narrative.

Regrettably, his words and actions since then have been divisive, misleading, and self-serving. They have contributed to a toxic atmosphere around the club and fuelled hostility towards members of the executive team and the Board. Some of the abuse directed at them, and at their families, has been entirely unwarranted and unacceptable.

Every member of the Board and executive team is deeply passionate about Celtic and acts at all times with professionalism, integrity, and a shared desire for success. What has failed recently was not due to our structure or model, but to one individual’s desire for self-preservation at the expense of others.

Celtic’s structure — where the manager oversees football, the Chief Executive manages operations, and the Board provides oversight — has served the club with great success for more than two decades. We all share the same ambition: to ensure Celtic’s continued success domestically and to achieve further progress in Europe. Every pound generated by the club is reinvested towards those goals and the continuous improvement of Celtic Football Club.

Celtic is greater than any one person. Our focus now is on restoring harmony, strengthening the squad, and continuing to build a club worthy of its values, traditions, and supporters.

The statements are coming thick and fast...

Celtic have now released one from major shareholder Dermot Desmond. Let me bring you that then we can digest what's happened.

Celtic Football Club can confirm that football manager Brendan Rodgers has today tendered his resignation. It has been accepted by the Club and Brendan will leave his role with immediate effect.

The Club appreciates Brendan’s contribution to Celtic during his two very successful periods at the Club.

Brendan leaves Celtic with our thanks for the role he has played during a period of continued success for the Club and we wish him further success in the future.

The process to appoint a new permanent manager is underway and the Club will update supporters further on this as soon as possible.

We are pleased that during this interim period former Celtic manager, Martin O’Neill and former Celtic player, Shaun Maloney have agreed to take charge of Celtic first-team matters. Further details will be confirmed shortly.

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