{"id":283576,"date":"2025-11-10T16:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T16:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/283576\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T16:59:13","slug":"ange-postecoglous-celtic-cover-broken-as-real-reason-for-closing-door-on-return-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/283576\/","title":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s Celtic cover broken as real reason for closing door on return revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan rugby boss and close pal Eddie Jones admits he&#8217;s spoken with the former Tottenham boss about his next move.<\/p>\n<p>10:53, 10 Nov 2025Updated 12:42, 10 Nov 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">Ange Postecoglou is targeting a return to the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/english-premier-league\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Premier League <\/a>rather than a return to Celtic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">That is according to Japan rugby boss and pal Eddie Jones, who revealed conversations that have taken place between the pair about the Parkhead hot seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">The 60-year-old was brutally axed by Nottingham Forest after just eight games in the hot-seat with the club in the midst of a relegation scrap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">But the Aussie have proven himself in Europe since moving to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/celtic-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Celtic <\/a>back in 2021, leaving the club for Tottenham after two successful campaigns following a Treble success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">After a fifth place finish in his debut Premier League campaign, he lifted the Europa League last term to end Spurs&#8217; silverware drought before being shown the door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">After Brendan Rodgers left the Scottish champions, the 60-year-old rocketed to the top of oddsmakers lists to become the next Parkhead boss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">Since then, reports have emerged that Postecoglou wants to take time away from the game after his disastrous time at the City Ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=raW8WtpXysc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Speaking to YouTuber Nik Simon<\/a>, Jones offered a comparison to the pressures of rugby and the world of football management &#8211; and Postecoglou&#8217;s current status.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">The former England and Australia boss said: &#8220;The biggest story in rugby is the England coach being under pressure. Everyone wants to hear about it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">&#8220;Everyone has an opinion, it&#8217;s an attractive story. It&#8217;s the same in New Zealand. Scott Robertson felt the pressure of not being as successful as he would like to be, and again, there is all that conjecture.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_GettyImages-1258437173.jpg\" alt=\"Ange Postecoglou \" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Ange Postecoglou enjoyed huge success with Celtic(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">&#8220;Both of those jobs are pretty taxing, it would be like being in a Premier League job. My mate <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/ange-postecoglou\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ange<\/a> lasted 39 days in the job and he got cut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">&#8220;We keep in contact. I saw the rumour about Celtic, but I don&#8217;t know whether he would want to go back there or not. I think having experienced Premier League he would like to stay in that area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">Pressed on if he has discussed Postecoglou&#8217;s future with him, Jones went on: &#8216;Yeah, yeah. We talk &#8211; we are probably quite similar blokes in a lot of ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">&#8220;Out of Australia, but not out of the mainstream of Australia. He is a Greek-Australian and I am a Japanese-Australian and we have had to sort of battle to get to where we are.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">&#8220;We have both coached our national team and left to try and make a name overseas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">&#8220;Both of us in some ways have been able to do that, and both are quite driven in how we want to play the game &#8211; and you get criticised for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">As it stands, Martin O&#8217;Neill remains in interim charge but has admitted he<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/martin-oneill-reveals-celtic-manager-36217609\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> doesn&#8217;t know if he will be at the club following the international break.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan rugby boss and close pal Eddie Jones admits he&#8217;s spoken with the former Tottenham boss about his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[89834,149841,71706,71705,149840,3339,140342,2732,40481,403,99,47847,9280],"class_list":["post-283576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ange-postecoglou","tag-australia-rugby-union-team","tag-brendan-rodgers","tag-celtic-fc","tag-england-rugby-union-team","tag-english-premier-league","tag-martin-oneill","tag-nottingham-forest","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur-fc","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}