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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ewan Murray

Would Celtic gamble on O’Neill if idol brings success against oldest rivals?

The Celtic interim manager, Martin O'Neill, at the Lennoxtown training ground in Glasgow
Martin O'Neill said of his return to Celtic: ‘I don’t think this is a renaissance. I just think this is a fill-in’. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

It feels unwise to be fooled by Martin O’Neill’s self-deprecation. The 73-year-old remains publicly steadfast that his second stint in charge of Celtic will be short term. “I think my remit was that they would be looking for somebody [else] pretty quickly,” he said on Friday. “I don’t think this is a renaissance. I just think this is a fill-in.”

Shock is still reverberating around Celtic Park, not so much about Monday’s resignation of Brendan Rodgers but the follow-up savaging of the former manager by the main shareholder, Dermot Desmond.

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