Brendan Rodgers reveals burglars stole all his Celtic medals as he moves family to Leicester earlier than planned

New Leicester City manager has decided with his family for them to move south from Glasgow much earlier than planned following the burglary at their home while his wife and step-daughter were inside

Brendan Rodgers has revealed that all of his Celtic medals were stolen in a burglary at his house (Reuters)

Brendan Rodgers will speed up plans to move his family from Glasgow after a “horrendous” break-in at their family home that saw all of his Celtic medals stolen.

The Leicester City manager says wife Charlotte and step-daughter Lola will now move to Leicester next week after they were awoken by burglars in the early hours of Wednesday. They had planned to stay in Glasgow until the end of the school term.

But they will now remain in England after travelling to attend Rodgers’ first home game in charge of the Foxes against Fulham on Saturday.

“It’s difficult as you can imagine,” said Rodgers, who has faced criticism from Celtic supporters for the timing of his move back to the Premier League.

“You could never imagine that you’d get broken into. That the burglars entered the bedroom with my young daughter there. It’s not nice.

“Of course, it’s an unfortunate incident, it’s sad for the girls – for someone to come into the room when they are sleeping – it’s horrendous really,

“But if there’s a positive then it is that they will be down here that bit quicker. We loved our time in Scotland. Lola absolutely loved the school she was in, Kelvinside Academy. The teachers and the little pupils were amazing.

“Our plan was to keep our daughter in school in Glasgow until the end of them. Then I was going to buy a house down here and they would all move.

“This makes that happen a bit quicker now. But they’ll be down for the weekend’s game and then they’ll stay down and we’ve got to find a house then.”

Rodgers won seven major trophies in his time as Celtic manager but he confirmed that his mementoes from those achievements were stolen by the burglars.

“So, I’ll just have to try to get some more,” he joked. “It’s something that’s not nice for any family to go through, of course. It gave the girls a fright.

“In the last 10 days there’s been a lot of talk about my move to here and the events of the last couple of days.

Brendan Rodgers has revealed that all of his Celtic medals were stolen in a burglary at his house (Reuters)

“But I don’t want to detract from the fact we had an amazing time as a family in Scotland and Glasgow in particular.

“The people there were amazing, the experiences we had there were amazing.

“The experiences we had on and off the field will live with us and we’re not going to let something like this or some of the reaction of the last 10 days cloud any of that.

“They are both fine and safe, which is important.”

Rodgers insisted the incident will no distract him from preparing for Saturday’s game, which will see him face former Chelsea colleague Scott Parker, who is in caretaker charge of Fulham following the sacking of ex-Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri.

“I know Scott well,” said Rodgers, who lost his first game in charge of Leicester 2-1 at Watford.

“I first worked with him at Chelsea when I was there, and we’ve spoken a number of times.

“He’s done his work at well. He’s had a fantastic career as a player, gone behind the scenes and done some work at Tottenham, working with youth players.

“He’s always been a good thinker of the game, Scott, and like I say, I’m sure he’ll do very well.”