O'neill & Maloney Continue Interim Celtic Tenure

Martin O'Neill and Shaun Maloney will proceed to return complaint of Celtic connected an interim basis, until nan process to name a caller head is complete.

O'Neill, who antecedently managed Celtic from 2000 to 2005, and ex-Celtic subordinate Maloney, person overseen 4 games pursuing Brendan Rodgers' resignation.

Columbus Crew caput coach Wilfried Nancy has been heavy linked pinch nan manager's occupation but nan club's latest update indicates that O'Neill will stay successful complaint for Saturday's Scottish Premiership gathering pinch St Mirren successful Paisley (20:00 GMT).

"If there's not an announcement now successful nan adjacent fewer days, past I'm happy to still beryllium present for nan play crippled against St Mirren," O'Neill told Celtic TV.

"First of all, we want nan players coming backmost from world matches unscathed, which is nan astir important point for america now that we've sewage a fewer injuries to contend with.

"So immoderate benignant of squad we had for nan Kilmarnock game, I wouldn't mind having astir nan aforesaid again, but we tin only woody pinch what we person and what we want to do, and we conscionable want to play arsenic powerfully arsenic we perchance can.

"But let's spot what nan adjacent mates of days bring."

After Saturday's game, Celtic return connected Feyenoord successful nan Europa League (27 November) earlier convention games against Hibernian (30 November), Dundee (3 December) and Hearts (7 December).

They big Roma successful nan Europa League connected 11 December earlier nan Premier Sports Cup last against St Mirren connected Sunday, 14 December.