Brendan Rodgers has revealed Celtic approached him to replace Ronny Deila as manager of the club before the Norwegian clinched the 2015/16 title and vacated his role.

While it may sound like an inappropriate move by the Parkhead hierarchy, the Northern Irishman says it was in fact the most professional approach possible.

Celtic announced Deila would stand down from his position on April 20, 2016, after two seasons in charge of the club.

With the title still up for grabs, five-in-row was not clinched until two-and-a-half weeks later, when Celtic beat Aberdeen 3-2 at home.

It was another two weeks before Rodgers was confirmed as Deila's successor and he says it was the ideal way for the club to deal with the procedure.

"I had interest from a few clubs and I then got a call to say 'listen, Ronny is leaving and Peter Lawwell would like to have a chat with you,'" he exclusively told STV ahead of the launch of his new autobiography.

"So I waited for the call and he rang, and explained Ronny was leaving.

"But what I also thought was it was very professional because he asked if we could hold off on speaking because they were still concentrating on making sure the league was won.

"I think if they had won then afterwards we would set a date. I thought at the time, OK, I'm a Celtic supporter so let's go and speak to Peter and Dermot [Desmond]."