{"id":231606,"date":"2025-10-29T07:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/231606\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T07:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:17:08","slug":"peter-grant-and-barry-ferguson-react-to-suggestion-of-craig-bellamy-as-the-next-celtic-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/231606\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Grant and Barry Ferguson react to suggestion of Craig Bellamy as the next Celtic manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A lot of names are going to be thrown around to be Celtic\u2019s next manager in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n<p>It shouldn\u2019t be a surprise that Craig Bellamy\u2019s name has been put on the table, given that the former forward is at the start of his managerial career. <\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old is the current coach of Wales, but Bellamy\u2019s name was suggested for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a> gig hours before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/europes-media-reacts-to-dermot-desmonds-fierce-mudslinging-at-former-celtic-boss-brendan-rodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Rodgers\u2019 abrupt exit<\/a> on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst Rodgers\u2019 resignation was a surprise, and everything that followed. There was already a lot of noise around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/martin-oneill-delivers-celtic-and-hearts-title-verdict-and-states-rangers-are-nowhere-to-be-seen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the champions of Scotland<\/a>, especially after that Hearts loss.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-at-08.25.20-1024x657.png\" alt=\"Craig Bellamy during an interview on the Central Club Podcast talking about his time at Celtic\" class=\"wp-image-287514\" \/>Craig Bellamy during an interview on the Central Club Podcast talking about his time at Celtic<br \/>\nCredit: YouTube\/Central Club PodcastCraig Bellamy to replace Brendan Rodgers at Celtic?<\/p>\n<p>There was already a negative cloud over Rodgers before he left, because of how poorly the team had been playing and the results this season. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why one Celtic fan told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/peter-grant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Grant<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/barry-ferguson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barry Ferguson<\/a> that he wants Bellamy to be the next coach, and the duo sang the praises of the former Liverpool and Manchester City player. <\/p>\n<p>A Celtic fan suggested on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6Mxrb2CQZwyCErfQSe1FrU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Go Radio<\/a>: \u201cI would bring in Craig Bellamy, personally. Throw his name in there and somebody to go forward with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson: \u201cWhen you watch him at Wales, and doing his pressers, he speaks very well. Speaks very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grant: \u201cHe has got the team playing on the front foot. I have watched Wales a few times. He is a good kid as well. He is a proper kid. Loves his football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson: \u201cHe was a right good player as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grant: \u201cA terrific player. I can\u2019t believe he has changed so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bellamy\u2019s record with Wales<\/p>\n<p>If Celtic were to even consider Bellamy, then straight away, they would be in a spot of bother because he is the current coach of Wales.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/celtics-sebastian-tounekti-helps-tunisia-seal-world-cup-record-vs-namibia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 2026 World Cup is around the corner<\/a>, and Wales are in the last chance saloon to book their ticket to the United States, Mexico and Canada next summer. <\/p>\n<p>If that happens, then you can\u2019t see a world where Bellamy is available, but if Wales don\u2019t qualify, and Celtic haven\u2019t yet appointed anyone, then things could get interesting. <\/p>\n<p>Games as Wales boss: 14Wins: 6Draws: 4Losses: 4Goals scored: 22Goals conceded: 18  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A lot of names are going to be thrown around to be Celtic\u2019s next manager in the coming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[82509,98247,218,50128,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-231606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-barry-ferguson","tag-craig-bellamy","tag-football","tag-peter-grant","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231606","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=231606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}