Brendan Rodgers claimed he had never been happier at Celtic after leading the team to a fourth consecutive title.
The Hoops clinched a 13th William Hill Premiership crown in 14 seasons with a 5-0 win over Dundee United at Tannadice.
It was an 11th trophy for Rodgers during his two spells as Celtic boss and he can complete his third treble if his side beat Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final.
The 52-year-old appears to have restored his reputation with the vast majority of Celtic fans after leaving mid-season for Leicester in 2019 and he again reiterated he is committed to serving his three-year contract.
Rodgers agreed it was fair to say he is happier than ever in his job and added: “It’s been interesting the last few months, people deciding where I was supposed to be going and I wasn’t happy.
“But I would say listen to what I say, not what people try to anticipate my mood and what it might be.
“I said 150, 200 per cent I’ll be here for sure next season because we want to build again, we want to grow.
“But what I’ll also say, there’s very, very few people that know me and there’s even less understand me.
“I don’t have an agent, so I don’t have an agent spinning a story for me or anything like that. So if there’s a headline out there, I am telling you, it’s a guess.
“But absolutely, I am so, so happy.
“I came back because of the professional challenge of Celtic, knowing the pressures. My emotional attachment to the club clearly has me here rather than elsewhere. And just the chance to be the best manager at Celtic that I can possibly be. And days like this make it really special.”
Rodgers added: “I said minimum I would be here three years.
“The big thing with Celtic, it’s about having the energy. That’s the big thing, and there’s lots of other things of course. As any manager, you need to feel wanted, you need to feel appreciated. You need to feel that you can develop a team, you can develop a club.
“So there’s lots of things that come into it, but I definitely know that we want to finish better than we did last year. And then I’ll go into next year super hungry to beat this year, whatever we end up doing.”
Celtic faced some early pressure before Ryan Strain’s 30th-minute own goal started a flurry of goals either side of half-time with Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah both hitting doubles to seal the title.
“I know there was a wee bit of chat around, tedious I think the word was of someone, but it’s not tedious for me, for the football club,” he said.
“If we land at 15 points ahead with fives games left and a plus-42 goal difference ahead of our nearest rival, I’ll tell you what, that’s not tedious, that’s professionalism at its highest level and concentration and performances.”
It was not all positive for Celtic. Jota went off with a knee injury in the first half and was hobbling badly with his leg heavily braced during the celebrations.
“The medical guys are looking at whether his meniscus is a little bit sore,” Rodgers said. “We’ll just have to assess that. They put it in the brace to protect it, but we’ll see in the next couple of days.”
Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin bemoaned the turning point.
“It sounds bizarre to sit here and say for the opening half an hour I thought we were very good, the shape of the team was good and we were aggressive with the press, forced Celtic into playing a lot longer than they would normally have liked,” he said.
“But the first goal was a real kick in the teeth given it’s a bit of misfortune.
“The second one comes from a promising attack that we had, a tame effort on goal, but then within five or six seconds, with the pace of Celtic on the counter attack, the ball ends up in the back of your net.”
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