{"id":425339,"date":"2026-02-14T12:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425339\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:16:07","slug":"the-celtic-manager-candidate-chris-sutton-believes-is-a-great-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425339\/","title":{"rendered":"The Celtic manager candidate Chris Sutton believes is a ‘great fit’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The former Celtic<\/a> star, now a renowned pundit, expressed his firm belief that Askou would be a ‘great fit’ for the Parkhead<\/a> club.\n<\/p>\n

\n Celtic will be searching for a new permanent manager this summer, and Askou’s name has been widely floated as a candidate.\n<\/p>\n

\n Sutton, who has observed Askou’s leadership of Motherwell several times this season, believes he should be the one to take over from Martin O’Neill.\n<\/p>\n

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\n He said (RecordSport<\/a>): “I\u2019m now convinced Jens Berthel Askou would be a great fit for Celtic.\n<\/p>\n

\n “You want his Motherwell team, and you can\u2019t help but be impressed.\n<\/p>\n

\n “They are arguably the best side to watch in the country.\n<\/p>\n

\n “Usually teams set up to try to stop the Glasgow clubs playing.\n<\/p>\n

\n “Instead, it\u2019s been the other way around this year.”\n<\/p>\n

\n His admiration for Askou extends beyond the pitch, as Sutton also indicated his appreciation of Askou’s communication skills with media outlets.\n<\/p>\n

\n He mentioned that Askou “ticks so many boxes” for him as an ideal candidate for the manager position at Celtic.\n<\/p>\n

\n However, he acknowledged that the final decision rests with Dermot Desmond<\/a>, who has previously made bold, big name appointments, like Brendan Rodgers<\/a> and Martin O\u2019Neill.\n<\/p>\n

\n He said: “There\u2019s been a lot of talk around Martinez, and that\u2019s been there for a number of years now.\n<\/p>\n

\n “But I just think there is a guy on Celtic\u2019s doorstep who is showing a lot of positive attributes to be a success at the club.\n<\/p>\n

\n “It would be fascinating to see how he would do with more resources.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Celtic star, now a renowned pundit, expressed his firm belief that Askou would be a ‘great…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-425339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425339","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=425339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}