{"id":554782,"date":"2025-11-07T09:09:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/554782\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:09:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:09:17","slug":"celtic-told-fantastic-coach-replacing-brendan-rodgers-is-now-a-non-starter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/554782\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic told ‘fantastic’ coach replacing Brendan Rodgers is now a ‘non-starter’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Celtic\u2019s search for a new manager continues. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The manner in which Brendan Rodgers<\/a> left Celtic<\/a> wasn\u2019t a good look for anyone, as Dermot Desmond made his feelings pretty clear.<\/p>\n

Even though Rodgers is out of the door<\/a>, it still doesn\u2019t ease the pressure on the Celtic board, who now have to prove their worth and bring in a top coach.<\/p>\n

Whether that\u2019s someone with trophies to their name or an up-and-coming manager. Lots of names have been mentioned, but Jamie O\u2019Hara<\/a> has explained why it won\u2019t be Craig Bellamy<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"CraigPhoto by Alex Livesey \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty ImagesCraig Bellamy becoming Celtic\u2019s next manager is a \u2018non-starter\u2019<\/p>\n

Given that Bellamy is the Wales coach<\/a>, and they have a World Cup to qualify for, O\u2019Hara can\u2019t see the former striker upping and leaving that role. <\/p>\n

Speaking on Sky Sports News<\/a>, O\u2019Hara thinks Bellamy could be a Celtic manager<\/a> \u2018for the future\u2019, but right now, he has the \u2018honour\u2019 of coaching his country to a major tournament, and it\u2019s something he can\u2019t miss out on. <\/p>\n

Therefore, putting on the famous green and white colours once again is a \u2018non-starter.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u201cFor now, (it\u2019s a non-starter),\u201d said O\u2019Hara. \u201cBut who is to say that\u2019s not something he will look at in the future? Of course. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think he has gone in as the Wales manager. What an honour for him. You are the national manager for your country. That\u2019s a huge role, and he has done a really good job. They are in touching distance of the World Cup. If they qualify, what an unbelievable feeling that would be. <\/p>\n

\u201cHow would they feel if he left, goes to Celtic, doesn\u2019t work out, and Wales make it to the World Cup and he misses out on a World Cup tournament with his country?<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a non-starter. I think he handled that interview very well. I think he has been fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bellamy to be a \u2018mainstay\u2019 for \u2018the next ten years\u2019 <\/p>\n

This is Bellamy\u2019s first proper gig in management<\/a>, after he worked for Belgium as a coach under Roberto Martinez and then under Vincent Kompany at Burnley.<\/p>\n

Whilst the former Liverpool player was a livewire and a loudmouth as a player, O\u2019Hara thinks he has calmed down in the dugout, and he can see him being a \u2018mainstay\u2019 as a manager for \u2018the next ten years.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, (it looks like he will have a good career as manager),\u201d said O\u2019Hara. \u201cHe was a great player. He was quite a chirpy player, Craig Bellamy. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe would give you stick. He would be on your case. He was loud. I think, as a manager, he\u2019s quite different. He is very reserved. He talks very well. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe obviously knows what he\u2019s doing. His coaching is great. He has been around some great managers. Played under great managers. He would have picked up stuff.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has already shown that he is capable of being a manager at the highest level. He is definitely one that you will be looking at over the next ten years to be a mainstay.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic\u2019s search for a new manager continues. The manner in which Brendan Rodgers left Celtic wasn\u2019t a good…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[2352,51788,94,147147,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-554782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-brendan-rodgers","9":"tag-craig-bellamy","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jamie-ohara","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115507637385264371","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554782","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=554782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}