{"id":544501,"date":"2025-11-02T16:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T16:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/544501\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T16:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T16:25:12","slug":"kjetil-knutsen-in-danger-of-missing-out-on-title-with-bodo-glimt-as-celtic-links-intensify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/544501\/","title":{"rendered":"Kjetil Knutsen in danger of missing out on title with Bodo\/Glimt as Celtic links intensify"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kjetil Knutsen is in danger of failing to win three successive Norwegian top flight titles with Bodo\/Glimt after falling to defeat against Valerenga.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bodo\/Glimt have become the powerhouses in domestic Norwegian football after winning four of the last five titles.<\/p>\n<p>The work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/opinion\/celtic-should-wait-until-december-to-go-all-out-for-high-flying-bodo-glimt-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Knutsen has done has made him a prime candidate for the Celtic job<\/a>, with Hoops fans believing he would be the perfect successor to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/brendan-rodgers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brendan Rodgers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/gordon-strachan-has-a-theory-about-when-the-new-celtic-manager-will-be-appointed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gordon Strachan\u2019s theory about the Celtic manager<\/a> also supports the idea of Knutsen taking over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parkhead<\/a> in the winter as his contract expires in December.<\/p>\n<p>Before any decision is made, though, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/kjetil-knutsen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Knutsen<\/a> has a mountain to climb, but one that relies on a few favours from other clubs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/talking-points\/img\/logo.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" class=\"grv-talking-point__icon\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__tag\">TalkingPoints<\/p>\n<p>Poll: Would you be happy if Kjetil Knutsen became the new Celtic manager?Bodo\/Glimt\u2019s title hopes out of their hands after surprise defeat<\/p>\n<p>Bodo\u2019s loss to Valerenga means that their hopes of retaining the title are out of their hands with just three games to go.<\/p>\n<p>Viking, their closest competitors could overtake them with just three games to go and leave the title race out of their hands.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the game, Knutsen didn\u2019t hold back in his assessment of the squad and accused his players of being tired.<\/p>\n<p>He told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrk.no\/nordland\/glimt-i-kjempetrobbel-mot-valerenga-1.17635742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NRK<\/a>: \u201cWe look tired and a little empty, and not like the Glimt team we want to be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we simply didn\u2019t have the energy and power. It looks like we\u2019re a bit on edge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can do very little with Viking. We just have to focus on the matches we have, and then we will first and foremost be able to deliver a better performance. We have given them an advantage when we should have been ready.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kjetil Knutsen is in danger of failing to win three successive Norwegian top flight titles with Bodo\/Glimt after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,24467,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-544501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-kjetil-knutsen","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115481040521934843","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}