Former Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers admits it was tough to leave but felt he had taken the club as far as he could.
The Northern Irishman shocked supporters when he quit his role in February to take over as manager at Leicester City.
A return to the Premier League was a huge draw for Rodgers but it left a bitter taste in the mouth of Hoops fans who felt he had lied about his love for the club.
But Rodgers remains insistent that the Parkhead side mean everything to him but he felt it was the right time to move on and the right club to join.
The 46-year-old has impressed during his return to England and has been linked with moves to Manchester United and Tottenham.
Since joining, only Liverpool and Manchester City have won more Premier League points than Leicester.
And he pinpointed the project at the King Power as the perfect reason to make the move from Celtic.
He told Jamie Carragher in an interview with the Telegraph: I lived my dream managing Celtic, a club I supported. That journey will always be with me. But every manager and players will have goals and objectives they want to achieve in their career.
"Your situation can change very quickly. We won seven trophies on the spin and if I felt I could not take Celtic further it had to be the right club and I thought Leicester was too good an opportunity to turn down. The timing was not ideal but I left the team in a good place.
“I looked at Leicester and felt we could develop a way of working to improve the team. I see players like James Maddison, who is better than I thought when I saw him at Aberdeen and Norwich. He loves the game. Then there is exciting young talent like Ben Chilwell and Harvey Barnes.
"But I have to tell you, Jamie, the senior players, some of whom took a lot of criticism a few years ago - Wes Morgan, Kasper Schmeichel, Jamie Vardy Danny Simpson, Marc Albrighton – they have been absolutely magnificent for me. They train so hard every day and really care. They are winners, too. They have that mindset which really helps.
“It is still all going to take time. The gap has increased between the top and the rest of the top six, so there is still a big ask to close that. We spent £19million net in the summer and lost our centre-half, but it does not stop us wanting to challenge. I am loving it here and the challenge of taking the team up there.”
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