Celtic striker James Forrest has said that his team-mates do not want manager Brendan Rodgers to leave the club and join Arsenal.

Rodgers has been strongly linked with a return to the Premier League as the new Arsenal manager after Arsene Wenger announced last week that he would be stepping down as manager after 22-years at the club.

Forrest said: "The manager has been different class for me and for a lot of the other boys as well.

"Since he has come in he has given us all confidence and made sure we've all been working hard and that's what we've done.

"I think we've done really well since he came in winning trophies, winning cups and we want to keep progressing and hopefully we can keep doing that .

"He's done a great job himself, he's getting linked to big clubs and that's only a good thing for Celtic and him personally.

"Obviously the players and everyone associated with the club wants him to stay and we hope that happens."