BRENDAN Rodgers, the Celtic manager, admitted last night he had never heard of Pedro Caixinha, the Portuguese coach who was yesterday cleared to take charge at Rangers, writes Matthew Lindsay.
The 46-year-old is expected to arrive in Scotland today to complete his move and will take in the Ibrox club’s Ladbrokes Premiership match against Celtic at Parkhead on Sunday from a seat in the main stand.
Asked what he knew of the former Uniao Leiria, Nacional and Santos Laguna manager, the Northern Irishman replied: “I have never heard of him.”
Meanwhile, Rodgers has praised his Celtic players for ignoring Rangers “propaganda” last summer about how the Ibrox club were going to win the Scottish title this season and focusing on their own games.
“They obviously thought they could win the league,” said Rodgers. “Let’s be clear that when I came up here – after the Scottish Cup semi-final game and their promotion – all the propaganda before a ball was kicked was that before the end of the season they’d be going for 55.
“So they obviously had the genuine feeling that they could win the league.”
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