Celtic legend ‘wanted’ for surprise return to management

Celtic legend Martin O’Neill ought to be set for a shock return to football management.

The 72-year-old is reportedly being lined up to join an Eastern European side.

Fanatik claims that Rapid Bucharest are working to appoint O’Neill as their new manager.

It’s suggested that a decision on the matter should be made through the stop of next week.

The Romanian top-flight crew has simply two games left of the season in the division’s pinnacle six split.

They sit down bottom of the Championship pile on 29 points, however should probably nonetheless climb up to fourth.

O’Neill – who grew to be a hit in Glasgow at some stage in his 5 years at Celtic throughout the early 2000s – has been out of coaching when you consider that a quick spell at Nottingham Forest in 2019.

Before that, he loved an illustrious profession in the dugout with Leicester, Aston Villa, Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland national team.

Nowadays, he’s most mentioned for performing as a pundit on BBC or ITV when they have international soccer on their channels.

He additionally generally appears alongside Jim White and Simon Jordan on talkSPORT.

O’Neill was at Celtic Park last May to present his former aspect with the Premiership trophy.

Meanwhile, with 40 appearances under his belt so a ways this season, and after bagging a four-year contract extension remaining week, Liam Scales is enjoying his time at Celtic right now.

Rewind to the starting of the cutting-edge Scottish Premiership campaign, however, and describing the 25-year-old as on the periphery of Brendan Rodgers’ plans wasn’t unreasonable.

Having spent a season-long loan at Aberdeen for the entirety of the preceding season, it took a string of injuries for Scales to carve a place in the manager’s starting 11 – and now Liam Scales highlights the key moments when things clicked into region for him during the 2023/24 trail.