{"id":216000,"date":"2025-10-21T18:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/216000\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T18:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:10:08","slug":"chris-sutton-wants-brilliant-ange-postecoglou-back-at-celtic-after-nottingham-forest-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/216000\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Sutton wants ‘brilliant’ Ange Postecoglou back at Celtic after Nottingham Forest sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ange Postecoglou has had quite the year so far.<\/p>\n

Entering 2025 with his Tottenham future on the line, the former Celtic<\/a> boss guided the Lilywhites to a historic Europa League win<\/a> in Bilbao.<\/p>\n

He was rewarded with a sacking by Daniel Levy, having endured a dismal run of league form in order to prioritise the Europa League<\/a> run.<\/p>\n

He wasn\u2019t out of the game for long, though \u2013 he was handed the job at Nottingham Forest last month, before sensationally being sacked this week after just eight matches.<\/a><\/p>\n

What now for Big Ange then? Chris Sutton<\/a> wants to see him back at Celtic Park.<\/a><\/p>\n

Chris Sutton on Ange Postecoglou back to Celtic<\/p>\n

Postecoglou<\/a> only spent two years at Celtic Park, but what a two years it was.<\/p>\n

Taking over a side which had just been trounced by Rangers points-wise, he oversaw an incredible rebuild and turnaround which culminated in a League Cup and Scottish Premiership double.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Simon Jordan addresses Eddie Howe \u2018coward\u2019 comments four years on from Celtic rejection<\/a><\/p>\n

\"AngePhoto by Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Postecoglou hadn\u2019t yet got the results he wanted in Europe when he made the move to North London \u2013 so it\u2019s understandable that Hoops fans want to see him back.<\/p>\n

And speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live<\/a> with Robbie Savage, Sutton discussed the possibility of a sensational return.<\/p>\n

Savage asked: \u201cWould you like to see Big Ange back at Celtic, Chris?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could happen,\u201d Sutton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWould you like to see it?\u201d Sutton was asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, would I like to see him back? Yeah, eventually, why not? I really enjoyed Angeball,\u201d Sutton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow quickly?\u201d Sutton was asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I think Brendan will leave at the end of the season \u2013 if [Postecoglou] just slots in next season, I would love to see Big Ange back. He\u2019s respected at Celtic, the job he did. Brilliant, Angeball, what a brand of football,\u201d Sutton said.<\/p>\n

Would Ange Postecoglou come back to Celtic?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to dismiss the idea of Postecoglou coming back \u2013 but few of us believed that Brendan Rodgers<\/a> would ever return, before he did in 2023.<\/p>\n

There are obvious differences with Postecoglou \u2013 he has never claimed to be a Celtic fan, so he wouldn\u2019t feel the obligation to return that Rodgers did.<\/p>\n

He has also been consistent in his desire for a challenge. If the board aren\u2019t willing to up their recruitment game in order to take the Hoops to the next level, convincing Ange is a non-starter.<\/p>\n

But stranger things have happened. If Rodgers doesn\u2019t extend and Postecoglou is still unattached at the end of the season, rumours would inevitably gather pace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou has had quite the year so far. Entering 2025 with his Tottenham future on the line,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[34203,10043,18666,218,115,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-216000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-ange-postecoglou","tag-celtic","tag-chris-sutton","tag-football","tag-nottingham-forest","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}