Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has emphasised ahead of his side's Champions League trip to Manchester City how happy he is with the Scottish club and that he is not thinking about making a return to English football any time soon.
The ex-Swansea and Liverpool manager took charge at Celtic over the summer and they are yet to lose a domestic game under him, sit eight points clear of Rangers at the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership and lifted the Betfred Cup eight days ago.
In Europe it has been a different story, with the Hoops heading into what is their final Group C game at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday already guaranteed to finish bottom of the pool.
Rodgers, though, has stressed he is "living the dream" managing the "huge" Glasgow club, and that rather than regarding them as any kind of stepping stone, he wants to stay with them for as long as he can.
The Northern Irishman - whose team claimed one of their two Group C points to date when they drew 3-3 with City at home in September - said: "I could have stayed and maybe gone back into the Premier League again, but going to Celtic, it is a huge privilege for me.
"I don't see it as a stepping stone. I'm going to be coaching hopefully for another 20 odd years, and it is highly unlikely I'm going to be at Celtic for 20 years because of how the modern game works, but my intention is to be at Celtic for as long as I possibly can, to help the club grow and develop, and to take it as far as I possibly can.
"I grew up supporting the club and I'm very fortunate.
"For me, I'm living the dream, being the manager of Celtic.
"The most important thing for me is happiness - if I'm happy, I'm winning. And I don't necessarily need to be working in the Premier League to be winning.
"We'll see where the next 20 years take me, but at this very moment in time and certainly for the immediate future I'm very, very happy."
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