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East celtic star chris sutton He has revealed who he considers a “smart appointment” as the club’s new manager following the shock resignation of brendan rodgers,
Rodgers tendered his resignation Late on Monday night, a day after Celtic’s 3-1 defeat Scottish Premiership Hearts of leaders. former boss Martin O’Neill will take interim charge At the age of 73, a full 20 years on from his first stint as manager and six years on from his last managerial post, with the assistance of Shaun Maloney.
Hearts are in pole position to shock the Old Firm this season, having opened up an eight-point lead at the top and with both Celtic and Rangers in complete disarray.
Bitterness soon erupted over Rodgers’ resignation. with a surprising statement On behalf of the Hoops’ major shareholder, Dermot Desmond, the former manager was accused of “divisive, deceptive and selfish” behavior and insisted he “contributed to the toxic environment” around the club.
Rodgers was heavily critical of Celtic’s transfer business during the summer and his move led to further discontent among the club’s supporters. Defeat in Champions League play-off To Karat Almaty, Kazakhstan.
And ex-striker Sutton, now a renowned pundit, immediately revealed he believes Ange Postecoglou He should return to the club where he has won five trophies in two seasons from 2021 Nottingham Forest boss sacked After a disastrous 39-day run earlier this month.
But I am saying sky sports news, Sutton said: “I think Ange Postecoglou would be a really smart appointment. He was very well liked right from the start.
“His brand of football hasn’t been good in Glasgow. He’s out of work. I think it would be a very obvious choice, a good choice and will bring a lot of positivity back to Celtic, which they need right now.”
This came after he expressed sympathy for Rodgers in a post on
Sutton expanded on that sentiment when talking sky sports news, Admitting that given the atmosphere around the club, he saw the break-up coming.
“I don’t think this whole situation and Brandon’s resignation is a complete shock,” Sutton said. “I wrote a column at the weekend and talked about in that column, I think with some of the things Brendan has said recently he wants to leave the club.
“Obviously there has been a breakdown in his relationship with the club hierarchy. It all actually happened before the start of the season when Brendan went public and was critical about the lack of quality at the club. And I think that left him feeling let down.
“Celtic are out of the Champions League qualifiers. They’ve had a very slow start to the season. They’ve lost quality players in recent times and not replaced them. And I think they felt they weren’t supported.”
Sutton also did not want the Celtic board to be absolved of blame for the situation they find themselves in, as they had ruined the solid foundation they had built earlier this year.
Sutton explained, “Let’s get this straight, the board are not innocent in this whole situation, because Celtic were in a really strong position.” “When you go back to the first half of this year, Celtic played Bayern Munich, almost knocked Bayern Munich out of the Champions League.
“And the club was at a slightly higher level, competing at Champions League level. And then I think everyone expected that the club, even though losing quality players, would be quite strong in terms of recruiting players in the summer. That didn’t happen.
“The manager, Brendan Rodgers, was unhappy with it and has had a really bad start to the season. Celtic are in a situation where their front line is a shadow of recent days and are now eight points behind Hearts at the top of the league. The club is in a bit of a dilemma.”
While Sutton supported Postecoglou as the long-term answer, he also insisted that O’Neill was a sensible choice to stabilize things in the short term.
“I understand the appointment of Martin O’Neill because he is a very popular manager,” he said. “He was my manager when I first went to Celtic, and the supporters love him.
“If the club had simply handed the role to Sean Maloney, I think a lot of supporters would have been unhappy with it. Now they’ve got a figurehead and a front piece.
“His era was the beginning of Celtic’s dominance in Scottish football. He will go in and try to do what he did the first time around. Try to inspire the club, try to bring support and get everyone, the club staff and the hierarchy, in the same direction.”