Brendan Rodgers Resigns At Celtic With Martin O’neill To Be Interim Manager

Martin O’Neill has made a singular return to Celtic arsenic interim head aft Brendan Rodgers resigned from nan Scottish champions connected Monday. Rodgers, who had been profoundly disappointment by Celtic’s deficiency of activity successful nan transportation market, had planned to spot retired nan play successful Glasgow but alternatively walked distant 24 hours aft a 3-1 nonaccomplishment to Hearts astatine Tynecastle. Celtic way nan Edinburgh nine by 8 points successful Scotland’s apical flight.

Celtic are apt to astatine slightest measure nan position of Ange Postecoglou, their erstwhile head who left Nottingham Forest earlier this month. The Australian has antecedently shown nary liking successful returning to past employers but whitethorn beryllium constricted successful his replacement options aft a wounding play successful England.

“Celtic shot nine tin corroborate that shot head Brendan Rodgers has coming tendered his resignation,” publication a Celtic connection connected Monday evening. “It has been accepted by nan nine and Brendan will time off his domiciled pinch contiguous effect.

“The nine appreciates Brendan’s publication to Celtic during his 2 very successful periods astatine nan club. Brendan leaves Celtic pinch our acknowledgment for nan domiciled he has played during a play of continued occurrence for nan nine and we wish him further occurrence successful nan future. The process to name a caller imperishable head is nether measurement and nan nine will update supporters further connected this arsenic soon arsenic possible.”

While Celtic’s shape successful caller weeks – they person dropped 10 points successful 9 Scottish Premiership games – had accrued speculation astir nan position of Rodgers, this still comes arsenic a shock. He leaves nan nine days earlier a Scottish League Cup last crippled against Rangers astatine Hampden Park. Equally astonishing is O’Neill’s situation; he ended his successful clip successful complaint of Celtic successful 2005 and has not been successful beforehand statement guidance since departing Nottingham Forest successful 2019. O’Neill will beryllium assisted by his erstwhile Celtic subordinate Shaun Maloney.

Rodgers was retired of statement adjacent summertime and location appeared small chance of him extending what was his 2nd Celtic tenure. The Irishman guided nan squad to nan knock-out shape of nan Champions League past play but nan squad intelligibly regressed complete nan summer, starring to elimination successful nan qualifying shape of nan aforesaid title to Kairat Almaty. The manager’s vocal disquiet complete transfers successful move irked nan Celtic hierarchy, who person been taxable to vehement protestation from supporters. This was a nine astatine warfare pinch itself; clip will show whether nan departure of Rodgers ends that.

After nan nonaccomplishment astatine Hearts, Rodgers denied shifting nan blasted connected to others. “I’ve ever taken responsibility,” he said. “There’s ne'er been a clip that I haven’t. When you’re nan head astatine Celtic, you’re responsible for nan results, contempt immoderate other happens. So that work is connected me.”