Celtic Football Club of the Scottish Premiership confirms: Head Coach Brendan Rodgers has tendered his resignation today. The club has accepted the resignation, and Brendan will step down with immediate effect.
The club expresses gratitude for Brendan's contributions to the two periods of great success during his tenure at Celtic.
Upon Brendan's departure, we appreciate his role during the club's sustained success and wish him greater achievements in the future.
The process of appointing a new head coach is underway, and the club will update supporters on the matter as soon as possible.
We are pleased to announce that former Celtic Head Coach Martin O'Neill and former Celtic player Shaun Maloney have agreed to take charge of Celtic's first-team affairs on an interim basis. Further details will be announced shortly.
This season, under Rodgers' guidance, Celtic have amassed only 17 points from 9 matches, trailing league leaders Hearts by 8 points, and failed to qualify for the Champions League group stage .
