Brendan Rodgers Drives Digger While Announcing New Role with Children's Hospice

Brendan Rodgers was in Belfast on Tuesday to announce a new ambassadorial role, when he took a moment out to pose for photographs...behind the wheel of a digger.

The former Liverpool manager was in his native country's capital with fiancee Charlotte Hind to confirm his new position as official Ambassador of Northern Ireland Hospice and Northern Ireland Children's Hospice.

As well as posing on top of the large yellow construction vehicle, the Northern Irishman also spent some time discussing his recent period away from football with the Belfast Telegraph:

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I have taken time to reflect on my period at Liverpool, an incredible club, which I thoroughly enjoyed. 

Hopefully, when I go into my next job, I will be all the better for the rest and for the reflection. 

I want to work, I am relatively young as a manager at 43. I will go in with a real hunger and desire to do well.

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Rodgers made clear his desire to return to the Premier League, and he identified incoming Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola as a manager he'd love to face:

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It's always great to pit your wits against the best players, coaches and managers. 

And Pep has a wonderful record. He was able to work at Barcelona which is a huge club and he had a wonderful record there. He took over a group at Bayern Munich who were successful, so coming into the Premier League will be interesting for him.

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Take note, chairmen of the Premier League—Rodgers is back. Once he's done with the digger, that is.

[Twitter, h/t the Belfast Telegraph]