Celtic are in advanced talks with Brendan Rodgers over a deal to return to the club as manager.
It is understood the Scottish Premiership champions have offered the 50-year-old a deal that is in excess of his previous contract, which would make him the highest-paid manager in the club's history again.
Following initial talks, the two parties are thought to be holding further discussions on Wednesday with one source telling Sky Sports News an agreement is not far away.
It is understood Rodgers will be backed by Celtic's board in the transfer market to help him deliver domestic success and compete in the Champions League.
Rodgers - who left Celtic in 2019 - had also been linked to the vacant job at Leeds United despite planning to take an extended break away from the dugout following his departure from Leicester City in April.
Sky Sports News reported last Monday he would be sounded out over replacing Ange Postecoglou, although Celtic have also been looking at other candidates including Pep Guardiola's Manchester City assistant Enzo Maresca.
'I would have no hesitation in going back'
Although his mid-season exit from Glasgow did not go down well with the supporters, it appears time is indeed a healer with many open to the idea of the Northern Irishman returning.
Rodgers has previously said he would not hesitate to rejoin Celtic one day, so could this be the time?
Rodgers said after leaving Parkhead: "That challenge may come in the future and I would have absolutely no hesitation in going back.
"An incredible club. Like everything else in life, it's just about timing. Whether I will be received back or not is a different story but would I go back to Celtic? Absolutely."
Celtic were a well-coached side under Rodgers and he fared slightly better than Postecoglou in Europe, finishing third in their Champions League group in 2016/17 before exiting the Europa League at the next stage, and coming bottom of the group the following season.
At Leicester, Rodgers led the Foxes to consecutive fifth-placed finishes in his first two full seasons and they beat Chelsea to lift the FA Cup in 2021, but he left in April after the now-relegated side dropped into the Premier League's bottom three.
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