Shock Celtic supervisor frontrunner receives backing from Parkhead higher-up

Celtic are spending the worldwide break trying to find a brand new supervisor and have now discovered their primary candidate, somebody who already has inside approval at Parkhead.

Brendan Rodgers’ departure from the Scottish Premiership champions final month provoked loads of drama because the Bhoys languished eight factors behind Coronary heart of Midlothian within the desk.

Nevertheless, Martin O’Neill has steadied the ship with three victories from 4 matches since taking interim cost, the spotlight being a 3-1 conquer Rangers to achieve the Premier Sports activities Cup closing.

At 73 years of age, the previous Aston Villa boss has been linked with an prolonged keep in Glasgow, and few would argue that he is not deserving of a run till the tip of the season.

Conversely, O’Neill admitted that he’ll merely be on the membership for so long as he’s required, sustaining that he will likely be knowledgeable of developments regarding the Hoops’ supervisor search sooner or later through the worldwide break.

He mentioned after the Bhoys defeated Kilmarnock on Sunday: “I’ve to return all the way down to London once more, I’m going to enter a darkened room and are available out on Thursday and say, ‘has this actually occurred. So I ought to think about at some stage or one other through the course of the subsequent week, whether or not or not it’s tomorrow, whether or not or not it’s Saturday or Sunday of subsequent week, that someone will let me know what’s taking place.”

Regardless of the transient membership soccer pause, Celtic supporters will likely be determined to know of newest developments from Parkhead, they usually might now be prepared to maneuver for a successor to O’Neill.

Columbus Crew supervisor Wilfried Nancy is Celtic frontrunner

In keeping with The Scottish Solar, Columbus Crew supervisor Wilfried Nancy is the shock frontrunner to take over at Celtic after the Main League Soccer outfit bowed out on the playoff stage of the competitors towards Cincinnati.

His strongest rival for the publish is Bodo/Glimt boss Kjetil Knutsen. Nevertheless, Nancy’s assistant Kwame Ampadu is a detailed good friend of Hoops recruitment chief Paul Tisdale, and the latter even managed his son Ethan (now of Leeds United), offering Nancy with the backing within the boardroom.

Wilfried Nancy’s managerial document
Columbus Crew – MLS Cup winners (2023), Leagues Cup winners (2024)
Matches – 132 Wins – 71 Attracts – 32 Losses – 33
CF Montreal – Canadian Championship winners (2021)
Matches – 79 Wins – 38 Attracts – 16 Losses – 25

Ampadu Sr is alleged to be nearly sure to go to Celtic with Nancy, who is thought for his firebrand 3-4-2-1 formation which launches assaults from in all places and has earned comparisons to Ange Postecoglou through the Bhoys’ managerial search.

After all, there’s nonetheless loads of work to be completed earlier than a brand new successor is appointed, and O’Neill will maintain talks with the membership hierarchy within the coming days to determine whether or not he’ll keep on for an prolonged interval in cost.