Charlie Mulgrew reveals hilarious Brendan Rodgers moment that left him stunned at Celtic
Former Celtic defender Charlie Mulgrew has recalled the moment he realised just how much Brendan Rodgers had transformed the culture at Lennoxtown during his first spell in charge.
Rodgers enjoyed enormous success during his initial tenure at Parkhead, overseeing an unprecedented period of domestic dominance before departing for Leicester City in 2019.
The Northern Irishman returned to Celtic in 2023 and added another four trophies to his collection before his second spell ended in acrimonious circumstances.
Mulgrew, who was invited back to train with the Hoops during Rodgers’ first spell, has now shared a humorous insight into the manager’s influence over his players.
Speaking on The Breakdown Podcast alongside Kevin Thomson, Mulgrew explained: “Let me describe it, right, Brendafied, this is what it was.
“We went to do the warm-up one day, I’m just chatting with the boys and Brendan’s let me come in, brilliant.
“He goes like that, ‘Vamos’, to start the warm-up and I just burst out laughing. That’s surely a wind-up. He’s from Northern Ireland! So I’m laughing and I’m jogging round with the boys going, ‘What about that?’ and they’re all just ignoring me.
“I’m thinking, ‘Why are they not laughing, that’s surely some laugh’. But obviously they were so tuned in on his way and how he does things which is brilliant as manager, you need to get everyone on board.
“But the whole place was Brendafied.”
