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Mourinho: Rodgers should've stayed at Celtic until end of season

Jose Mourinho insists Brendan Rodgers should have held off quitting Celtic for Leicester until the summer.

Rodgers got off to a losing start in his first game as Foxes boss on Sunday, sliding to a 2-1 defeat at Watford thanks to Andre Grey's late goal.

A target for angry Celtic fans after he left Glasgow in the midst of a quest for an unprecedented treble Treble in Scotland, Rodgers has answered accusations of treachery by insisting he took Celtic as far as he could.

Mourinho says Brendan Rodgers should've stayed as Celtic boss until the end of the season
Brendan Rodgers got off to a losing start as Foxes boss, suffering a 2-1 defeat to Watford

A guest of Keyes and Gray on beIN Sports, however, former Manchester United and Chelsea boss Mourinho - in charge of Porto when they beat Celtic in the UEFA Cup Final of 2003 - claims he would have told Leicester to wait until the end of the season

'Celtic is a giant club,' said the Special One.