The Leicester City manager is the 2/1 favourite with bookmakers to become the club’s next manager.
Bruce is set to lose his job following a £300million takeover of the winless Premier League club.
Rodgers, however, is not interested in succeeding Bruce, and is “fully committed” to Leicester, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Newcastle’s new owners are set to make a decision on Bruce’s future ahead of Sunday’s home game against Tottenham Hotspur.
Meanwhile, according to a report by 90min.com, the new Toon owners have drawn up two separate transfer window plans.
The report suggests that because of Newcastle’s current situation, the club are sat second-bottom of the Premier League table, that they will be targeting different ‘profiles’ of players in January and summer.
Their current aim is to use January to bring in players with Premier League experience to help steer the team away from danger: James Tarkowski, Jesse Lingard and Nemanja Matic are just some of the names rumoured to be a January target.
The report also claims that the consortium have been ‘surprised’ by the amount of offers they have received from agents.
5. Liverpool want Leeds trio
Liverpool are keeping tabs on Leeds United trio Kalvin Phillips, Raphinha and Illan Meslier. (Football Insider) (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) Photo: Laurence Griffiths
6. Spurs still want Nandez
Cagliari midfielder Nahitan Nandez is still an ‘object of desire’ for Tottenham. Leeds have also been linked in the past. (Calcio Casteddu) (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images) Photo: JUAN MABROMATA
7. Toon keen on Morelos
Newcastle United have identified Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos as a potential transfer target. (90min) (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) Photo: Ian MacNicol
8. Magpies open Fofana
Newcastle United have opened talks to sign Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana. (RMC Sport) (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images) Photo: Alex Pantling