Brendan Rodgers has been appointed the new manager of Celtic on a 12-month rolling contract.

The 43-year-old, who held talks with major shareholder Dermot Desmond in Ireland this week, has agreed to take over from Ronny Deila, who left the club after the 7-0 defeat of Motherwell last Sunday.

Deila delivered two league titles in as many years as Celtic secured a fifth successive Scottish Premiership success this season.

Brendan Rodgers has been appointed the new manager of Celtic on a 12-month rolling contract.

The 43-year-old, who held talks with major shareholder Dermot Desmond in Ireland this week, has agreed to take over from Ronny Deila, who left the club after the 7-0 defeat of Motherwell last Sunday.

Deila delivered two league titles in as many years as Celtic secured a fifth successive Scottish Premiership success this season.

Liverpool were lauded for their attacking play as they scored 101 league goals, while Rodgers was named LMA Manager of the Year.

The team dropped to sixth position the following season, and after a poor start to the 2015/16 campaign, Liverpool decided to replace Rodgers with former Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp.

Rodgers is Celtic's third manager from Northern Ireland in recent years, with Martin O'Neill and Neil Lennon enjoying glittering spells while in charge of the club.

Liverpool were lauded for their attacking play as they scored 101 league goals, while Rodgers was named LMA Manager of the Year.

The team dropped to sixth position the following season, and after a poor start to the 2015/16 campaign, Liverpool decided to replace Rodgers with former Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp.

Rodgers is Celtic's third manager from Northern Ireland in recent years, with Martin O'Neill and Neil Lennon enjoying glittering spells while in charge of the club.

As expected, there was huge interest in the position of Celtic manager but we believe we have chosen the outstanding candidate to take the club forward.

"Brendan is a man with a tremendous pedigree in football management. He is someone who knows all about Celtic and someone who has a real passion for Celtic. He is also a manager who we believe has the talent, the drive and the determination to bring continued success to the club.

Speaking to the club's official website, Rodgers said: "I am absolutely delighted to be named Celtic manager. This is genuinely a huge honour for me. I have followed Celtic all my life and to be given this fantastic opportunity and to be part of such a truly great football club is a dream come true.

"I will give my new role everything I have and do all I can to bring our supporters exciting, entertaining and winning football. The club has been in magnificent shape in recent years and has collected silverware regularly during this time. My objective now, of course, is to continue this work, to keep us at the top and again make our mark in Europe.

We wanted to bring one of the biggest and best names to the club to match our own aspirations and those of our supporters - we believe, in appointing Brendan, that we have done this. We have appointed a special manager and we are sure he can bring some special times to Celtic."

Rodgers will be officially unveiled at a media conference at 4pm on Monday at Celtic Park before meeting the supporters at the stadium two hours later.