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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Ross Pilcher

Charlie Nicholas says Ange Postecoglou Celtic's best manager since Jock Stein

Ange Postecoglou accomplished what Brendan Rodgers and Martin O'Neill also did with the domestic clean sweep, which was completed last Saturday at Hampden with a 3-1 victory over Inverness CT in the Scottish Cup Final.

But Nicholas prefers the Ange version above the other two based on spending less than O'Neill, who had a Celtic scoring legend at his disposal, and the fact that Rodgers had no Rangers to go head-to-head with given they were still on their "journey" during his tenure.

He wrote in his Daily Express column: "Ange Postecoglou will leave as Celtic's greatest modern-day manager. Some fans might argue that Martin O'Neill or Brendan Rodgers deserves that label, but not me.

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