Steven Naismith will be called ‘technical director’ at Hearts to get around his lack of qualifications and satisfy UEFA’s criteria for managers involved in European matches.
The next Celtic manager will also have a different title. Human sacrifice. This is to comply with the supporters’ criteria that new managerial appointments have to be demonstrably better than the one before, even if there is an obvious problem. The main difficulty facing Ange Postecoglou’s successor is clear. He’s not Ange Postecoglou.
The Revered One has gone to Spurs and left behind a distinct style of football that was so unique, no-one else could live with it on a domestic level. It was copyright Postecoglou and if Ange’s replacement tinkers with it – and fails – he runs the risk of breaking a spell and creating reputational difficulties for himself. That’s why I believe Celtic should be making a greater effort to hold on to John Kennedy and make him their new manager.
