But as an unknown quantity, Nancy<\/a> will be coming in with a fair section of the support unconvinced. <\/p>\n Ange Postecoglou<\/a> showed us all that you should never write off a manager for their lack of European experience, but is it fair to compare him to Nancy?<\/p>\n For Simon Jordan,<\/a> the answer is no.<\/p>\n Simon Jordan on Celtic\u2019s hiring of Wilfried Nancy<\/p>\n Nancy is an MLS Cup and Leagues Cup winner with Columbus, the first black manager to achieve both.<\/p>\n He comes with a strong reputation from across the pond, but with a daunting set of fixtures at the start of his Celtic<\/a> spell.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Henrik Larsson compares Wim Jansen with \u2018demanding\u2019 Martin O\u2019Neill ahead of Feyenoord vs Celtic<\/a><\/p>\n Jordan, speaking on talkSPORT, has questions for the Parkhead hierarchy about their process and eventual recruitment of Nancy.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cIt is, because people are comparing the fact that Ange Postecoglou came from \u2018lesser than\u2019 football.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd this guy\u2019s coming from the MLS\u2026 I\u2019ve seen the MLS, it\u2019s \u2014-.<\/p>\n \u201cAnge Postecoglou managed at international level. There\u2019s no comparison between the two. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m fascinated about Celtic\u2019s decision-making process. They\u2019ve been very robust in two meetings: one where they shut the fans down, and the other with Dermot Desmond burying Brendan Rodgers.<\/p>\n \u201cBut this, to me, seems like a strange appointment. Is this the best that Celtic can get? A manager that manages in the MLS, a substandard league which is propped up by overseas players \u2013 and even then isn\u2019t that exciting\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cIs this the best that they can get? Wow.\u201d<\/p>\n Who else was in the running for the Celtic job?<\/p>\n Postecoglou was established as the early favourite when Brendan Rodgers<\/a> left, but it quickly became apparent that he wasn\u2019t planning for a sensational return.<\/p>\n Kieran McKenna\u2019s name was then widely raised,<\/a> but this also felt unrealistic given his lucrative, long-term contract at Ipswich Town.<\/p>\n Craig Bellamy<\/a> is reportedly of interest to Celtic, but unavailable for as long as Wales are in contention for the World Cup<\/a> at least.<\/p>\n Kjetil Knutsen<\/a> and Robbie Keane\u2019s<\/a> names were also in the running, as was interim boss O\u2019Neill, of course,<\/p>\n Ultimately, the Hoops have opted for a curveball.<\/p>\n Wilfried Nancy\u2019s managerial record Games in charge: 215Games won: 106Games drawn: 54Games lost: 55Win percentage: 49.3% Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n Receive a digest of our best Celtic content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic\u2019s decision to seemingly pursue Wilfried Nancy has caught everybody off guard. Even if their decision to give…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15009,2675,81191,61,60,73542,112,81193],"class_list":{"0":"post-163750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ange-postecoglou","9":"tag-celtic","10":"tag-celtic-manager","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-simon-jordan","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-wilfried-nancy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Simon](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3483-1024x576.jpg\")
Simon Jordan \u2013 Credit: TalkSPORT<\/p>\n