The Parkhead manager was the subject of talks between a Saudi club before he moved back to Glasgow, but he decided against the switch.
Celtic also had one of their prized assets in Jota leaving the club this summer as he joined Pro League side Al-Ittihad, and Rodgers admits the money has a huge sway for players."You can't match it in the Premier League, so you are never going to able to match the Saudi money.
"I think the thing that makes it dangerous, and I only know this because I actually spoke to a club in Saudi when I left Leicester and was thinking of maybe taking a year out.
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