Simon Jordan feels that a proposed return to Celtic for Brendan Rodgers doesn’t make sense for either party.

Out of football since being sacked by Leicester in April, the Northern Irishman intended to take a prolonged break from the game with a view to eventually managing abroad.

But Mail Sport’s revelation on Monday that a Celtic delegation flew by private jet to meet the 50-year-old at his home in Mallorca has dramatically shortened the odds on him returning to the club where he won seven straight domestic trophies prior to abruptly leaving for the Foxes in early 2019.

Rodgers guided Leicester to successive fifth-place finishes as well as the 2021 FA Cup only to struggle this season before departing.

But, given Leicester’s subsequent relegation and the acrimonious nature of his sudden exit from Celtic, Mail Sport columnist Jordan fails to see why either party would look to work together again.

Celtic have held talks with former manager Brendan Rodgers over a stunning return to the club

‘Rodgers did a great job at Celtic and in recent times hasn’t done a great job,’ he told talkSPORT. ‘Depends what Brendan Rodgers you’re getting. I would be surprised if that was a route either party wanted to go down.

‘Rodgers was responsible, in part, for Leicester being relegated. Is that good enough for Celtic? You have to be judged on your last job. I don’t think it’s a good fit.’

Questioning the wisdom of Celtic returning for a manager who never replicated the heights of his first season in Glasgow, the ex-Crystal Palace owner added: ‘I don’t think there’s a benefit in going back and you need to move on.

‘It’ll be interesting to see what’s on offer because, after the last 12 months, I don’t think he’ll be a highly sought after commodity for the high echelon clubs.

‘At best for Rodgers, it will be a sideways move from what Leicester were, not what he turned them into.

‘I just think going back to Celtic would create more challenges than solutions. 

Rodgers (left) was sacked by Leicester in April and talkSPORT’s Simon Jordan (right) is unconvinced that a return to Celtic this summer makes sense for either party

Rodgers will sit down with Celtic’s major shareholder Dermot Desmond to discuss a return

‘Winning things makes people happy but I’d be surprised economically. It doesn’t seem to be a fit in terms of salary and where he thinks he should be managing.

‘He went to Scotland to come back to the Premier League. It’s a very strange dynamic to say: “I’ll skulk back to Scotland to give myself another opportunity to come back to the league that I actually want to manage in”.’

Jordan doesn’t doubt that Celtic’s interest in hiring Rodgers again is genuine. Given that chief executive Michael Nicholson and finance director Chris McKay took the trouble to fly to the Spanish island for talks, he feels an agreement between the club and its former manager can’t be out of the question.

‘If these guys have got a private jet… no one is that narcissistic that they want someone to get on a private jet and fly out so they can tell them what they could’ve told them on the phone,’ he said.

Brendan Fraser looked loved-up with girlfriend Jeanne Moore as he attended the Skin Cancer Champions for Change Gala in New York on Wednesday evening.

The actor, 54, who recently won an Oscar for film The Whale, wore a blue suit jacket, and linked arms with Jeanne as they walked the red carpet together. 

He added a crisp shirt and matching trousers to the dapper ensemble, also sporting light blue brogues. 

Meanwhile, makeup artist Jeanne looked stunning in a silky blue dress and glittering gold heels, grinning at the event. 

The couple were all smiles as they prepared to head into the charity occasion. 

Loved-up: Dapper: Brendan Fraser looked loved-up with girlfriend Jeanne Moore as he attended the Skin Cancer Champions for Change Gala in New York on Wednesday evening 

It comes after Brendan spoke about what’s next for him after the success of The Whale at the Greenwich International Film Festival earlier this month. 

He said: ‘At the moment, I don’t have anything — I’m really being picky right now’, according to People.

Brendan was there to be honoured for his work and his philanthropy as part of the  festival’s first ever Inspiration Talk and award.

ESPN’s Hannah Storm, 60, interviewed the Critics Choice Award winner during the event in which he opened up about many aspects of his life and career, including how he prepared from his role in The Whale.

Brendan said as he prepared for the role of Charlie, he contacted the non-profit Obesity Action Coalition, according to Greenwich Time. 

‘Their mandate is to treat the story with dignity and respect. And that meant everything from the design of Charlie’s body to the way that characters speak, everything’, he explained to the audience.

The foundation arranged for him to meet with 10 people over Zoom and the journeyman actor said he discovered one thing that each of them had in common. 

They had all been on the receiving end of degrading comments from an adult.

Dapper: The actor, 54, who recently won an Oscar for film The Whale, wore a blue suit jacket that complemented his girlfriend’s outfit 

Stylish: He added a crisp shirt and matching trousers to the dapper ensemble as he prepared to head into the charity event 

‘It just exemplifies what sets the pattern of shattering a young person’s confidence and then coupling them with all sorts of reasons, they can find themselves, like Charlie, eating to medicate,’ he contended.

 ‘By repressing the pain down inside and internalizing trauma with food, it reflects how much they feel externally. And Charlie is the personification of that. So, I felt a sense of obligation to the role as their voice and as their champion.’

Elsewhere, Brendan made his red carpet debut with Jeanne in September 2022 at the Venice International Film Festival. 

Jeanne is his first public relationship since splitting from wife Afton Smith, who he shares three sons with, in 2007.

Making it public: Brendan made his red carpet debut with Jeanne in September 2022 at the Venice International Film Festival (pictured)