CELTIC interim boss Martin O’Neill enjoyed the 4-0 win over Falkirk so much so that he seemingly dropped a hint he could stick around.
O’Neill is in temporary charge of the Hoops along with Shaun Maloney while a permanent successor to Brendan Rodgers is found.
The 73-year-old had maintained since the announcement late Monday night that he is only at Celtic in the short term.
He said in his first interview before the Falkirk game: “This is definitely interim. They could have a manager in two weeks’ time.
“If we don’t win on Wednesday evening they might even have a new manager on Thursday.
“So I don’t know that. It’s not great news for Shaun here as he was hoping I’d be here for a month so that’s it.
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“Celtic will be looking for a young manager to come in with a very, very decent CV.”
Perhaps being back in the Celtic Park dugout with the fans singing his name whetted the appetite for more.
After the 4-0 win over Falkirk, in his post match interview with BBC Sportsound he was asked about Johnny Kenny grabbing a double and the boost that will give him heading into a Premier Sports Cup semi-final with Rangers on Sunday.
He said: “That definitely helps. He’s a young lad, he’s making his way in the game, he’s learning his trade as he goes along.
“And I’m maybe hoping for whatever spell I’m here, long or short, it’d be more likely to be short, that he can pick up some.
“I’m hoping, and it seems almost like a teacher role and it’s pathetic of me, but somewhere along the way that the players can pick up.
“This game has never changed in many aspects.
“The game is about winning – you’ve got to win.
“Naturally, I was pleased about the first one but when the second goal goes in you feel gosh you are in a decent enough position.
“The third goes in and you’re happy. But they had to work for it tonight.
“What has happened to Falkirk, and it is easy for me to be patronising after we have won, what they have done in the past couple of years has been phenomenal.”
Asked if he had just opened the door to a longer stay at Celtic, he replied: “No, no it was a slip of a tongue.”
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Celtic’s manager search continues with SunSport exclusively revealing that Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna is the frame for the job and is current bookmakers’ favourite.
Former Hoops boss Ange Postecoglou is also in the running for a return to Parkhead.
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