Brendan Rodgers on chance to become first Celtic manager to win three trebles

The Celtic Star

·19 de maio de 2025

Brendan Rodgers on chance to become first Celtic manager to win three trebles

Brendan Rodgers insists nothing is holding him back from aiming higher with Celtic, as he sets his sights on an improved Champions League campaign next season…

Brendan Rodgers, Celtic Champions 2025 – Post match title winning celebrations after the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and St Mirren at Celtic Park on May 17, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Celtic are closing in on yet another domestic Treble, having also made a breakthrough in Europe’s elite club competition by advancing to the knockout rounds of the Champions League for the first time in over a decade.

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A stoppage-time equaliser from Alphonso Davies denied the Hoops a chance to push Bayern Munich into extra time during their last-16 play-off at the Allianz Arena in February, When questioned about the possibility of making an even deeper run in next season’s Champions League, Rodgers responded, via Daily Record: “Yeah, you have to dream of that.”

Celtic Champions 2025 – Post match title winning celebrations after the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and St Mirren at Celtic Park on May 17, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

“I don’t think we can put any sort of barriers on what it is we want to achieve. But you have to be realistic as well. We had a great feeling, we saw how close we ran Bayern Munich over two legs. That will hopefully give us a good feeling and we have to continue to recruit good players that allows us to grow and develop at that level.”

“The next phase will be seeing if we can continue with the impact in Europe”

“The next phase will be seeing if we can continue with the impact in Europe. That felt really good this year. The performance levels in some of those games were absolutely great. We want to be a team that consistently does that. It’s really sustaining this club as a really respectable competitive club in European football at the highest level while continuing to be hungry to dominate domestically.”

Rodgers added: “On a personal level it’s more than the trophies it’s how much money can I help bring in to the club through the sale of players, improving players, young players, establishing the academy so we can get young players through quicker.”

“You never get tired of it.”

If Celtic defeat Aberdeen in this Saturday’s Scottish Cup Final, Rodgers will become the first manager in the club’s history to secure three Trebles. The Irishman is fully aware that he is on the brink of achieving something remarkable. Rodgers said: “You never get tired of it.”

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers beside the trophy after the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and St Mirren at Celtic Park on May 17, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

“It’s a symbol of your work and that you are working well. The first time coming towards that first treble you’d be so focused, then when the final whistle went against Aberdeen I knew I was joining the ranks of some incredible managers who had gone before me.

“So I know the narrative around this one being the first manager to win three trebles. That will probably only sink in – if it happens – later on.”

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