Martin O’Neill marked his return to Celtic with a complete win towards Parkhead, and it’s claimed he might take the Hoop job completely.
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The 73-year-old former Hoops supervisor has been appointed as interim supervisor alongside former Celtic participant Sean Maloney following the shock resignation of Brendan Rodgers on Monday evening.
Irish striker Johnny Kenny scored twice within the first half, with midfielder Benjamin Nygren and vast man Sebastian Tunekuti scoring after a break, because the Hoops moved inside six factors of William Hill Premiership leaders Hearts, who drew 2-2 at St Mirren. Mr O’Neill, Hoops boss from 2000 to 2005, stated:
“I do know the arrogance is down a bit bit. That is probably the most pure factor on the earth. Even in case you have one of the best crew, when you’re not getting outcomes.”
“Then the gamers do not do the issues that they’d naturally do. A few of the gamers within the locker room, a few of them do not know who I’m, however I am solely about 10 years outdated, and different gamers have informed me there’s fairly a number of winners within the locker room. That is actually vital.”
“The gamers have had some downturns in the course of the season after which fought again. Our captain (Callum McGregor) is a extremely high quality participant, however tonight there was an ideal efficiency throughout and we simply got here out to win.”
“So, yeah, they helped with my horrible nervousness points. In fact I used to be glad to win the match, however I wasn’t fascinated by the rest.”
O’Neal joked that he was nervous earlier than the sport. He added: “To start with, I stated it jokingly – and possibly it’s true – I haven’t been that nervous since I sat over 11 years outdated, however then once more, I feel I surpassed that after I was 48 years outdated.
“However to be sincere, in fact I am actually nervous in regards to the sport, I am all the time nervous about letting myself down, which I’ve achieved many occasions and it is not true, and letting others down right here on the soccer membership.
“We got here in a little bit of a whirlwind and we performed in addition to we thought we have been nice and clearly crucial factor was to win the sport. Clearly I could not be happier. I believed the gamers carried out very well.”
Martin O’Neill’s document as Celtic supervisor | |
|---|---|
sport | 266 |
victory | 200 |
draw | 26 |
loss | 40 |
trophy | 7 |
Gamers used | 56 |
O’Neill and Maloney’s subsequent match shall be towards rivals Rangers within the League Cup semi-final on Sunday, who’re additionally displaying early indicators of positivity underneath new supervisor Danny Rolle.
Celtic might make Martin O’Neill everlasting supervisor
Celtic Alternate supervisor Tino Callaghan informed Sky Sports activities that if the Hoops beat Rangers on Sunday, O’Neill might talk about whether or not to stay Celtic’s everlasting supervisor.
However Mr Callaghan added his private opinion that he believed the individuals of Parkhead wanted to “transfer in a unique path”.
“The consequence adjustments every thing we all know. After final evening’s huge win, in the event that they win on Sunday, possibly that dialog will begin.”
“However in the meanwhile I feel the membership ought to go in a unique path, though we’re actually glad to have two former Celtic gamers again.”
Quite a lot of managers have been linked with a everlasting job, together with Membership Brugge’s Nicky Hayen, Ipswich City’s Kieran McKenna and Wales’ Craig Bellamy.
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O’Neill is predicted to be within the dugout at Hampden Park and, if Callaghan is appropriate, one other optimistic consequence might draw the eye of the Celtic bosses, who might take into account conserving the Irishman.
