Brendan Rodgers: 'It would have been lovely for Adam, but it was just too big a risk'

Rodgers explained his reasons behind leaving former College Corinthians forward Idah out of his squad entirely.

Adam Idah and Saoirse Noonan at College Corinthians AFC. Pic: David Fitzgerald / SNS Group

“Cork is the new Mediterranean,” was Brendan Rodgers’ response when he was asked for his assessment on Celtic’s narrow Cork Super Cup triumph against Cork City.

In the baking heat at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Tuesday night, goals from Luke McCowan and Colby Donovan, either side of a superbly taken equaliser by 17-year-old Cork native Matthew Murray, ensured the Scottish champions claimed another piece of silverware.