Martin O’Neill is adamant that his return to Celtic will be short term as the Ipswich manager, Kieran McKenna, emerged as a leading candidate to replace Brendan Rodgers.
In a shock move on Monday, Rodgers resigned from Celtic with his team eight points adrift of Hearts in the Scottish Premiership. Equally surprising was the return of O’Neill, whose previous, hugely successful, spell in charge ended in 2005. The 73-year-old said he had to “pull myself off the floor” when taking a call from the club’s main shareholder, Dermot Desmond at 5pm on Monday. Rodgers was later castigated by Desmond in a statement posted on Celtic’s website.
