Brendan Rodgers has claimed he left Celtic for a smaller club when moving from Parkhead to Leicester City in February 2019.
The Irishman won all seven domestic trophies available during an incredible spell of success before departing at a crucial point of the 2018/19 season.
The Hoops went on to lift the league and Scottish Cup under Neil Lennon to complete a treble Treble but the fallout from Rodgers ' controversial decision to leave has made him an divisive figure despite his unprecedented success.
But he has now moved to address any notion that he was in desperate hurry to depart Glasgow.
Rodgers has stressed his decision came from a desire to test himself at the highest level and was drawn to the challenge of turning the Foxes into a top six Premier League force.
Speaking on the The Gaffer Tapes with Mike Calvin podcast, he said: "It wasn't just a get up and go. It probably seemed that because of the situation but the club was in a really good situation.
"We had won seven trophies in a row, we'd created a professional mindset within the squad and within the culture.
"The team were able to go and win the league by nine points and go on and win the next two cup competitions and achieve the Treble treble.
"I was then given the opportunity to come to Leicester, which isn't as big a club as Celtic of course but the challenge and professional challenge of taking a club into the top six was going to be a huge challenge for us.
"And that is something at every club I have gone into I have always wanted."
