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Old foes: Rodgers greets Muscat before a  2023  friendly between Celtic and Yokohama F Marinos CELTIC BOSS RELISHING NEW CHALLENGE WITH MUSCAT AT THE HELM 18 Oct 2025 - Scottish Daily Mail By CALUM CROWE CELTIC boss Brendan Rodgers insists he will relish the prospect of a new challenge from Rangers under Kevin Muscat . The Ibrox side are closing in on the appointment of the 52-yearold Australian as their new head coach, albeit he won’t formally take charge until next month due to his ongoing commitments with Shanghai Port in China . Muscat could miss up to eight games before he finally arrives in Glasgow following the final game of the Chinese Super League on November 22 , but he will become the seventh permanent Rangers manager Rodgers has faced over his two spells at Parkhead. Insisting his players will be ready to cope with a newly-inspired Rangers side, the Celtic boss said: ‘I think every team that changes manager, you always accept and take on the challenge of new ideas...

Rodgers thought club had turned a corner after 'Well win and peace talks... but they are walking into fresh protests 18 Oct 2025 - Scottish Daily Mail By CALUM CROWE Deputy Chief Sports Writer GIVEN the nature of Celtic’s victory over Motherwell a fortnight ago, there was a feeling that it could mark a turning point in what has been a turbulent season. Trailing 2-1 at home in front of a disgruntled crowd at Parkhead, Celtic fought back to win 3-2 thanks to a Daizen Maeda goal deep into stoppage time . With the bulk of his squad then heading off for the international break , it was a result which offered Brendan Rodgers and his players some shelter from the storm. But it didn’t last. Only 24 hours later, a meeting was held between senior club officials and representatives of supporters’ groups, with the intention of thrashing out some kind of peace deal to stop recent protests. The Celtic Fans Collective , the mothership vessel which has amalgamated several fan groups and unit...