Celtic FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2024/25

i was expecting Ange to strenthen our defence over the summer,and grab some points in our group,maybe even get out of the group,It would have been his third year in charge with a settled squad with the champions league experience under their belt,everything is up in a heap now as he is on his way to Spurs.

I'm not sure on Brendan - I'll have to see the runners & riders first, but if it's a case of the inexpeirenced John Kennedy, Broony or Brendan, then it's a no brainer.

Could someone like Hassenhuttl be tempted?

I think he'll most likely do a very good job at Spurs, they're not playing anywhere near their potential so plenty of room for improvement. He'll have to replace Kane but don't that will phase him too much

No idea where we go in terms of a replacement, Rodgers was great in his time here but not sure I'd like to see him return

Don’t be ridiculous Rodgers would be a great appointment if he was interested in coming back.

He effed off mid season yes, but so would Ange have done if Spurs offered him the job when Conte was actually sacked. The only reason why Ange went there at the end of the season was because Spurs went through a list of other managers who turned them down before they offered Ange the job as about 6th or 7th choice. So I would be in favour of a Brendan return not sure it’s likely though? I don’t think there was a good relationship between Lawwell and Brendan towards the end of his tenure which was part of him leaving.

I think we have good options to replace Ange although it’s always tricky appointing a manager. Someone like Knudsen at Bodo Glimt might be a good choice.

Looks like Ange to Spurs will be wrapped up quickly, verbal agreement on terms in place and Celtic not standing in his way. For all his talk Ange has bailed in record time and pretty clear this was in the pipeline for a few weeks.

Hopefully on our side we have been working equally hard on lining up his replacement.

Yes, would definitely take Brendan back but like I said above not sure there’s a good relationship between him and the Celtic chairman from the last time. The club is in a good position, guaranteed CL football, would be a good job for an ambitious manager.

If get Brendan back out of this that’s actually a great outcome. Brendan is a better manager than Ange. In fact Spurs should have appointed Brendan but because he was sacked eventually at both Leicester and Liverpool despite being relatively successful at both, they probably didn’t consider him. I’d be delighted with that outcome if Brendan returns.

The support will be onside no probs. We’ll be winning with Brendan

Rodgers would unite the fans no bother because we will be winning with him. The Rangers will be no bother to Brendan he will sweep them aside. Europe is where improvement will be needed. Brendan wasn’t great in Europe last time but was better than Ange.

Not sure where you think Celtic as a club based in Scotland are at. Brendan Rodgers would actually be an upgrade on Ange. He’d be an excellent appointment. If we can’t get him I’d go with Knudsen but Rodgers would be a nailed on success.

I think Brendan would be a very divisive appointment. Many fans still blame him for losing 10 in a row, it’s was probably odds on Celtic would have won the 10 had he stayed. However, if he comes in and does well, I suspect all will be forgotten. But no guarantees here.

Official now, he was brilliant for us in the 2 years he was here. Had hoped we'd get another year and another crack at the CL with him in charge. Excited to see who we will bring in now and hopefully get it done early so we can get moving towards next season

Yeah, agreed.

Rafa is hugely underrated by many fans.

Much better CV in the game than some of the other names being thrown around. And still only 63, bags of top level experience. Has that high level tactical awareness that guys like Rodgers and Ange were lacking particularly in big European games.

Sadly, I get that sinking feeling that our board will take a cheaper option with some trendy young manager that has done very little of substance in the game. Hopefully I'm wrong and we can get someone in that will take us to a new level of performance. Particularly in Europe obviously.

i do not have any hate for him,Im just so pissed off and angry with him as i really believed he would be with us 3 years at least,but the way he dumped us over the last week or more stringing us along when he was already gone.i just cannot believe he ended it so dishonestly and and sneaky.i suppose i thought that he was a bit different and an honourable sort of guy. I never thought he would string us along like that for so long.Anyway We move on and he is history now.

I wasn't impressed with his lies in the run up to the final but not sure what else he could've said either. I don't think he would've left this early unless it was a really good opportunity which Spurs is and think when he spoke a few months ago about staying at Celtic he didn't expect an opportunity like this to come along.

Hope he does well at Spurs as in the long run it will help us attract better quality managers and players if we can offer them a route into the money pit that is the EPL but need as ADIG said we need to stop getting so emotionally invested in the managers and players that come through the club

He got carte blanche from the Celtic board. They backed him to the hilt.

He has let them down so badly to go to a club that never wins anything that will sack him by November.

Wouldn’t always support the Celtic board but have huge sympathy with them re this character.

He said it himself, sometimes you look after the family. That’s what he has done. They were surely already well looked after? He’s a liar.

He has gone to Spurs for more money but his career will suffer. He’s 57 or something so went for the pay cheque. He was hardly stuck for money. I think he will fail at Spurs like better more experienced managers before him in recent years. I don’t wish him luck.

He's in the big smoke now...

So naturally he's gone back to being a nobody from Oz all over again! 🤣

If he's got any other notions in his head, he'll be brought back down to earth very quickly in that league. As far as they're concerned, particularly the English journos, he's done nothing of substance so far in his career. Everything to prove. I'll be watching with interest anyway.

Yep. I think he's in for a rude awakening. He had everything at Celtic. They looked after him so well, gave him everything he wanted. At Spurs, if you even read what Spurs fans say on this site, they don't like the way Levy and INEC I think it is runs the club. It's all about turnover and making money to service the debt on their stadium. The football team is kind of a vehicle to serve other operations. Very difficult club for any manager to succeed at. Postecoglou will flounder.