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Leicester City paid £8.8m to Celtic to bring in Brendan Rodgers and his coaching team.

Confirmation of the compensation paid by City for the Northern Irish manager was revealed in Celtic’s annual financial report for the 2018-19 season.

City brought in Rodgers from the Scottish champions in late February after sacking Claude Puel.

Assistant manager Chris Davies, first-team coach Kolo Toure and first-team fitness coach Glen Driscoll followed Rodgers from Celtic Park to the King Power Stadium, with head of recruitment Lee Congerton making the same move shortly afterwards.

The ‘Other Income’ section of Celtic’s report reads: “£8.8m (2018: £nil) relates solely to the compensation received from Leicester City FC following the departure of the previous management team.”

Rodgers was replaced at Celtic by former City midfielder Neil Lennon, who clinched the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup as caretaker boss before being named permanent manager.

At City, Rodgers has led the club to second place in the Premier League table after an excellent start to the current campaign.