Martin O'Neill: Celtic make manager decision as 'deal agreed' amid Robbie Keane talks | OneFootball

Hoops claimed Scottish Premiership title on dramatic final day

Martin O’Neill has agreed a deal to become Celtic manager on a permanent basis.

Sky Sports report that the Northern Irishman, who won the Scottish Premiership title for the Hoops this season, will stay on as the full-time boss having triumphed in his interim campaign.

He is set to sign a one-year deal at Celtic Park.

Robbie Keane, the ex-Tottenham and Liverpool striker, had been believed to have held talks over the managerial vacancy in Glasgow, having left Hungarian side Ferencvaros earlier this year.

However, that has not happened, and the former Aston Villa and Sunderland boss is set to take the reins on a full-time basis.

O’Neill, 74, took over the reins for the first time last year, when he replaced Brendan Rodgers at the helm in October, named as the caretaker boss 20 years after he had previously been Celtic’s man in the dugout.

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He left the club soon after as Wilfried Nancy was appointed as a permanent replacement for Rodgers, but the Frenchman was dismissed after a dismal run of six losses in eight games, as he was sacked in just 33 days.

O’Neill was reinstalled as interim, and he led the Bhoys to a Scottish Cup victory over Dunfermline and then a dramatic title win on the final day of the campaign.

Celtic faced league leaders Hearts on the last day of the season at Parkhead, and they had to beat Derek McInnes’ side in a straight shootout for the title.

Hearts themselves were looking to become the first non-Old Firm club to win the league since Sir Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen back in 1985, but they were beaten 3-1 as the Glasgow outfit claimed their fifth title on the bounce.