{"id":290560,"date":"2025-11-30T00:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T00:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/290560\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T00:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T00:21:11","slug":"liam-scales-reacts-to-daft-claim-about-martin-oneill-ahead-of-final-game-as-celtic-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/290560\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Scales reacts to daft claim about Martin O&#8217;Neill ahead of final game as Celtic manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s going to be an emotional one for everyone associated with Celtic on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/martin-oneill\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin O\u2019Neill<\/a> is expected to take charge of his final game as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/celtic-manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic manager<\/a> against Hibernian at Easter Road, after taking over on an interim basis last month. <\/p>\n<p>It surprised many when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/throwbacks\/what-martin-oneill-said-about-dermot-desmond-as-celtic-legend-returns-to-parkhead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">O\u2019Neill was brought back by Dermot Desmond<\/a>, not even the man himself would have envisaged such a situation. <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/celtic-predicted-xi-vs-hibernian-as-martin-oneill-makes-one-change-from-feyenoord-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic\u2019s game against Hibernian<\/a>, Liam Scales spoke about the legendary Irishman to the media.<\/p>\n<p>         Robin van Persie\u2019s classy embrace with Martin O\u2019Neill         <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2248143205-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Martin O'Neill gives instructions during Celtic's Europa League win against Feyenoord\" class=\"wp-image-340418\" \/>Photo by ANP via Getty ImagesLiam Scales on Martin O\u2019Neill ahead of final Celtic game<\/p>\n<p>Even before O\u2019Neill returned to the dugout, and even if his second spell didn\u2019t go to plan, he is still a bona fide icon at this football club.<\/p>\n<p>But for some odd reason, a reporter at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/liam-scales\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scales\u2019<\/a> press conference stated that O\u2019Neill\u2019s second spell has meant that he has now \u2018cemented his place in the history of this football club.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It was a rather daft suggestion, and thankfully, Scales put the reporter right by telling him, \u2018I don\u2019t think he needed to come back to do that.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Reporter: \u201cIf Martin O\u2019Neill could be even more of a legend at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a> before he arrived here, he\u2019s cemented his place in the history of this football club with what he has achieved in the last few weeks, hasn\u2019t he?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scales:  \u201cYeah, definitely. I don\u2019t think he needed to come back to do that. He is already (a legend). You have seen the reaction of the fans when he came back, and rightly so. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, for however long he is here for, if we can just keep winning games, then that will be great for us and great for him as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neill\u2019s legendary record as Celtic manager<\/p>\n<p>Nobody in the history of Scottish football has dominated as Celtic have in the last 25 years, and O\u2019Neill was the one who started the ball rolling.<\/p>\n<p>Winning the Treble at Celtic and getting the better of a very strong Rangers side is something that should, one day, result in him having a statue built outside of Parkhead. <\/p>\n<p>Games: 272Wins: 205Draws: 26Losses: 41Goals scored: 648Goals conceded: 219Trophies: 7  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Celtic content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s going to be an emotional one for everyone associated with Celtic on Sunday. 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