A FORMER Celtic player has sensationally claimed he would NOT take Ange Postecoglou back at Parkhead.
The Aussie manager has been sacked from Tottenham Hotspur and most recently Nottingham Forest since leaving Glasgow.
The Aussie won five trophies in two years at Celtic and delivered Spurs their first European trophy in decades.
But Frank McAvennie says his team should let sleeping dogs lie.
Speaking on his podcast Let Me Be Frank, he and co-host Simon Houston discussed what they called an ‘open secret’ that Brendan Rodgers is likely to depart the club after this season.
They discussed his ‘Honda Civic’ quip which McAvennie believes is the gaffer saying Celtic’s signings aren’t of his choosing.
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When asked if he’d have Postecoglou back in the East End if Rodgers should leave, McAvennie replied: “No, not for me.
“I loved his way of football going forward, but sometimes you’ve got to defend.
“We were great in Scotland then all of a sudden you come up against European teams and get battered.
“Every time they attacked they looked like scoring, and he doesn’t change his ways.
“I mean he was brilliant, but his legacy at Celtic would go if he went back I think.”
The coach often came into criticism from fans and media alike during his time down south for sticking by his aggressive tactics.
McAvennie agreed to an extent: “You knew it was going to happen though down there [getting sacked], if he didn’t change his ways.
“It’s alright at Celtic not interested in defending and all that, but Celtic’s on the front foot all the time.
“You can’t do that down there.”
Houston chimed in: “Which is fine, but I think a lot of it was getting quite personal.
“For me it became a thing because of the way Ange is at press conferences, he can be quite prickly.
“But it was almost as though it became a concerted effort of ‘we need to get this guy out a job here’.
“They just didn’t like him, he didn’t fit.”
talkSPORT presenter and Hoops fan Shebahn Aherne was next to have her say.
She said: “Sometimes I’d say it’s just pure vitriolic.
“On air, I try to take the approach of being positive, I’ve never played football.
“‘I’ve never kicked a ball so I’m lucky to be sitting in the seat.
“But I’m in no position to tell a coach how to do their job.
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“What I can do is listen to a lot of different opinions and watch games and take what you can from it.
“The amount of shows I listened to where people were even making fun of his accent, on what planet do you think that’s alright to mug him off?”
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