Not bothered – No Ange Postecoglou return, ‘difficult to do’ McKenna deal | OneFootball

Far from bursting our bubble on the day after the night before, many Celtic supporters will be like myself rather content with the news from Sky Sports reporter Lyall Thomas, who works alongside Anthony Joseph at the broadcaster that Ange Postecoglou is ‘very unlikely’ to make a sensational return to Celtic as Brendan Rodgers’ replacement.

Nottingham Forest coach Ange Postecoglou during the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and Chelsea at City Ground on October 18, 2025. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

And the further news that Kieran McKenna is going to be a ‘very difficult’ deal for Celtic to do isn’t going to cause too much concern. Here’s the update from Lyall Thomas from Sky Sports:

‘Ange Postecoglou very unlikely to become the next Celtic boss, Sky Sports News understands. Not something that is expected to progress at this time. McKenna also very difficult to do and he will give an Ipswich press conference later ahead of their game v QPR.’

Kieran McKenna, Manager of Ipswich Town, applauds the fans following the Premier League match between Ipswich Town FC and Brentford FC at Portman Road on May 10, 2025. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

Those Celtic supporters probably are thinking the same as myself. The football was great last night and we’d be happy with more of the same rather than unsetting the applecart  and introducing a new manager with his own coaching team up at Lennoxtown leaving the players not knowing whether they are coming or going and with many of the better ones at risk of choosing the latter.

Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney clearly enjoyed that game of football last night as much as the rest of us who were there or watching via Celtic TV. So why not keep that in place to give Celtic time to get their man in place for next season?

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Celtic interim manager Martin O’Neill arrives at the stadium prior to the match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on October 29, 2025(Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Maybe that’s too early to call but a week tomorrow would be the time to assess things better after the Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney combo have had a game in the Scottish Premiership, Premier Sports Cup and Europa League under their belts.

Three wins and the calls for it to continue will be very loud indeed.  Let’s let the next seven days play out and see where we are next Friday morning.

Celtic Chairman Peter Lawwell, Dermot Desmond, largest shareholder and Michael Nicholson CEO are seen during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on October 29, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

If the Celtic Board can wait a year to bring in a striker to replace Kyogo then surely they can surely wait a week to make this managerial call. They are actually very good at doing nothing at all so this request should be right up their Kerrydale street.

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