FORMER Liverpool and England midfielder Jamie Redknapp believes that Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers will be a target for top Premier League clubs after impressing north of the border.
However, the Sky Sports pundit doesn’t think Rodgers will be in any hurry to return to English football as he is in charge of ‘one of the best clubs in the world’.
Redknapp tipped the former Liverpool and Swansea boss to be on Arsenal’s shortlist once long-serving manager Arsene Wenger retires.
Asked by the BBC if he expects the English elite to show interest, the 44-year-old replied: "Without a shadow of a doubt, he ticks every box.
"If you are a player, and I played at the top level, I'd have loved to play for someone like Brendan Rodgers
"He's the type of guy that looks you in the eye, he's very confident and he makes you believe in yourself. That's what you want from any manager - and tactically he knows the game.
"At Liverpool, he was harshly done-by, but these things happen and, once you start to get a few bad results, the crowd maybe start to go against you.
"That's football, but it doesn't make Brendan Rodgers a bad manager. He's turned it around and shown everybody how good he is.
"I don't know what Brendan Rodgers thinks and he's managing one of the best clubs in the world. I don't necessarily think he's going to be looking to go any time soon, but if an opportunity comes in a couple of years, maybe that might happen.
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"At the moment, I'm sure he's happy winning trophies at Celtic and now, with Rangers back in the big league as well, it makes it a lot more interesting when they are going head to head. At the moment, Celtic are, of course, the team to beat.
"If you're Arsenal in a few years, once Arsene Wenger decides to retire, if he ever does, I'm sure he'll be on their radar.
"I hope the Celtic fans don't have a go at me for that, but he's that good a manager."
Redknapp admitted that the standard of Scottish football does not offer the same challenge as Rodgers would face in the Premier League, but the former midfielder has been impressed by the way he has developed previously underperforming Hoops players.
"It's not as good as the Premier League, but I always judge a manager on whether he can improve players and I look at Celtic's team and see a vast improvement in a lot of their players," he said.
"They've always had good talent there, but he takes them to the next level. The coaching and good man-management skills, he's up there with the best.
"Celtic have done so well. Of course, sometimes it's not, at times, a challenge like the Premier League, but you can only beat what's in front of you and Celtic do that. I'm a big fan of Brendan's."
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