The Dane has been a revelation in his first season in Scottish football with the Steelmen even outsiders to win the Premiership.

13:16, 23 Feb 2026Updated 13:16, 23 Feb 2026

Motherwell Manager Jens Berthel Askou

Punters have been piling into Jens Berthel Askou to become the next Celtic manager – with the Motherwell boss now ODDS-ON for Parkhead.

The Dane has been a revelation in his first season in Scottish football with the Steelmen even outsiders to win the Scottish Premiership.

Roberto Martinez was the previous favourite to succeed Wilfried Nancy as the club’s permanent manager, with Martin O’Neill in his second spell in interim charge.

But the Spaniard and Portugal boss, spotted at his old Fir Park stomping ground when Berthel Askou masterminded a 2-0 win over Nancy’s Celtic shortly before he was axed, has drifted with bookies bet365.

And the 43-year-old Dane is now 10/11 to be at the Hoops helm at the start of next season with bookies bet365. The firm’s Steve Freeth said: “The January gamble on Roberto Martinez now seems a distant memory because Askou has been all the rage over the last few days.

“He’s bound to be getting admiring glances, given the job he’s doing at Fir Park and punters have clearly been impressed with his odds of being in the Celtic Park dugout in August tumbling from 9/2 into 10/11 over the last 24 hours.”

Martinez currently trades as bet365’s 9/4 second favourite with Martin O’Neill on the drift at 12/1 following the defeat at Hibernian on Sunday.

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