Most Hoops fans expected him to leave at the end of the season rather than resigning on the spot\u2026 to be replaced on an interim basis by Martin O\u2019Neill.<\/a><\/p>\n The search for his permanent successor could take days, weeks or, knowing Celtic,<\/a> months. O\u2019Neill has said that he expects Dermot Desmond<\/a> to hire a \u2018young, upcoming\u2019 coach in his place.<\/p>\n And one candidate who fits that bill is ex-Hoops striker Craig Bellamy,<\/a> who has impressed in his spell in charge of Wales. But the Hoops\u2019 interest in him has reportedly been complicated.<\/p>\n Why Brendan Rodgers has \u2018ruined Celtic\u2019s\u2019 pursuit of Craig Bellamy<\/p>\n 67 Hail Hail learned on Wednesday that Bellamy has not applied for the vacant Celtic role,<\/a> despite admiration from the decision-makers at Celtic Park.<\/a><\/p>\n His name has been in the frame and linked by various media outlets.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Chris Sutton predicts \u2018triumph or disaster\u2019 semi-final for Martin O\u2019Neill\u2019s Celtic vs Rangers<\/a><\/p>\n The Wales role is Bellamy\u2019s first manager job in senior football, and he impressively went unbeaten in his first nine matches at the helm of his country.<\/p>\n And according to TalkSPORT\u2019s<\/a> Alex Crook, this had caught the eye of Celtic with a view to potentially discussing appointment for next season.<\/p>\n With hope fading over Rodgers extending his contract beyond 2026,<\/a> the Hoops were sounding out future candidates \u2013 but his shock resignation has scuppered their chances of getting Bellamy.<\/p>\n With Wales still firmly in contention to qualify for next summer\u2019s World Cup,<\/a> the 46-year-old is not willing to walk away mid-season.<\/p>\n This leaves the Hoops\u2019 chances of appointing him dead in the water \u2013 unless, of course, O\u2019Neill is given the job until the end of the season.<\/p>\n If the Hoops\u2019 comfortable 4-0 win against Falkirk<\/a> is anything to go by, then there could be a bigger chance than O\u2019Neill expected.<\/p>\n But Sunday\u2019s Premier Sports Cup semi-final against Rangers is a much bigger test of how much the Celtic squad needs a new permanent manager.<\/p>\n Celtic manager candidates to permanently succeed Brendan Rodgers<\/p>\n Two-and-a-half days on from Rodgers\u2019<\/a> departure, managerial candidates are coming and going for Celtic.<\/p>\n Ange Postecoglou<\/a> was seen as the immediate favourite, given his recent sacking from Nottingham Forest. Multiple reports now suggest that a sensational return for Big Ange is unlikely.<\/p>\n Kieran McKenna is a realistic option for Celtic<\/a> and is being widely discussed, but he wouldn\u2019t come cheap and Ipswich will fight to keep him.<\/p>\n Robbie Keane,<\/a> Kjetil Knutsen<\/a> and Wilfried Nancy<\/a> are among the other names currently being thrown around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic\u2019s search for a new manager is underway. The Hoops were forced into action by the shock resignation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7336,10043,98247,59,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-234025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-brendan-rodgers","tag-celtic","tag-craig-bellamy","tag-gb","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234025","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=234025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Craig](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2240832505-1024x683.jpg\")
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