Celtic job not on Craig Bellamy’s radar – He’s happy with his Wales job | OneFootball

Craig Bellamy today ruled himself out of the being the next Celtic manager after Brendan Rodgers left early last week following his meeting with the club’s biggest shareholder Dermot Desmond…

Craig Bellamy, Head Coach of Wales, reacts during the Group J FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between Wales and Belgium at Cardiff City Stadium on October 13, 2025 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

The former Celtic player – a loan signing during Martin O’Neill’s final season in charge in 2005 – is now that Head Coach of Wales and that’s exactly where the proud Welshman wants to remain as he dismissed any links with him moving back to Glasgow to manage Celtic.

Watch for yourselves via Sky Sports as Bellamy makes it clear he has no interest in leaving his current job as Head Coach of the Welsh national side to move to Celtic.

“I can understand the links. I played there,” Bellamy said today when asked about reports linking him with the vacancy at Celtic. “But to me, I love what I’m doing at the present time.

I’m completely focused on what’s set to come. It’s going to be a playoff in March. And for me, that’s all I’m focused on. It’s cliched but it’s the honest truth. I enjoy speaking to you, I enjoy this.

Craig Bellamy of Celtic during the Tennents Scottish Cup Semi Final between Hearts and Celtic at Hampden Park on April 10 2005. (Photo by Tom Shaw/Getty Images)

“I couldn’t want anything else at this present moment. It isn’t on my radar and it won’t be on my radar,” Bellamy said, putting to bed any remaining speculation that he’s be interested in the Celtic job if he got an offer from the Celtic Board.

Gordon Strachan manager of Scotland gives a thumbs up as Martin O’Neill manager of the Republic of Ireland looks on during the EURO 2016 Group D Qualifier match between Scotland and Republic of Ireland at Celtic Park on November 14, 2014. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Given that wee revaluation via Gordon Strachan at the weekend about Celtic’s target not being available until December, that would appear to have ruled out Bellamy as the man Celtic are looking at. With no contact at all from Celtic it would have been very easy indeed for the Wales Head Coach to rule himself out of the job.

Shaun Maloney and Martin O’Neill. Celtic v theRangers. Premier Sports Cup, semi final at Hampden. 2 November 2025. Photo AJ (The Celtic Star)

And if you’ve had a chance to watch Shaun Maloney’s very impressive interview on Celtic TV, you’ll be coming round to the view that many other Celtic supporters are now expressing, that the best thing to do would be to keep Maloney, Martin O’Neill and the backroom staff working on the first team to the end of the season before a new management team is appointed.

Shaun Maloney and Martin O’Neill at Celtic Park on October 28, 2025 (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Both Maloney and Martin were quick to rule that possibility eight days ago when they spoke to the media at Celtic Park. But after their impressive start, that may have changed their minds somewhat and certainly there were signs of that being the case with Martin if not quite from Shaun. However if the chance came his way to exend this time in charge he’s almost certainly going to grab it with both hands.

No bad thing either.

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