{"id":603406,"date":"2025-11-30T13:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/603406\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T13:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:23:20","slug":"martin-oneill-to-remain-in-charge-of-celtic-for-a-little-bit-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/603406\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin O\u2019Neill to remain in charge of Celtic for a little bit longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2018Why don\u2019t you stay, just a little bit longer?\u2019<\/strong> is a view that has been expressed by Celtic supporters on social media over the past few weeks as Martin O\u2019Neill\u2019s time as interim Celtic manager was set to come to an end at Easter Road this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/celtic-v-kilmarnock-william-hill-premiership-46.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-175302 size-full\" alt=\"Martin O'Neill\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1280\/830;max-width:1200px\"\/>Celtic interim manager Martin O\u2019Neill during the Premier League match between Celtic and Kilmarnock at Celtic Park on November 09, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Everyone thought that was the case, including Martin O\u2019Neill who said so on Friday afternoon in interviews with Sky Sports and in his pre-match media conference. And the Celtic support got ready to say thank you and goodbye to Martin at today\u2019s match.<\/p>\n<p>However Martin O\u2019Neill has told Sky Sports this morning that he received a call last night from a Celtic Board member to advise that the Wilfried Nancy deal has not yet been totally finalised and that could now take just a little bit longer so Martin is now looking at taking the team on Wednesday night for the Scottish Premiership match against Dundee at Celtic Park.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1255\" height=\"960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/imago1068858523.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-175130 size-full\" alt=\"Shaun Maloney and Martin O'Neill\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1255\/960;max-width:1200px\"\/>Martin O\u2019Neill interim manager of Celtic Midtjylland vs Celtic, UEFA Europa League, Group Stage, Football, MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark \u2013 06 November 2025Herning MCH Arena Denmark Photo Michael Zemanek Shutterstock IMAGO<\/p>\n<p>That will give the Celtic home support a chance to say a proper goodbye to the legendary Celt who has enhanced his reputation further and showed a new generation of Celtic supporters just how special he was as Celtic boss from 2000 to 2005.<\/p>\n<p>So today is <strong>NOT<\/strong> Martin\u2019s last match but he\u2019ll get the acclaim anyway from the travelling Celtic support and will be looking for the three points before calling it a day in an appropriate fashion, under the lights at Paradise with 60,000 Celtic fans cheering him and signing his name.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Team news from Easter Road as Hibs host Celtic, live on Sky Sports Football now \u2694\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c5q9KJZ92F\">pic.twitter.com\/c5q9KJZ92F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) <a 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width=\"932\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0586.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-176570 has-webp lazyload\"  data-\/>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thecelticstar.com\/martin-oneill-to-get-celtic-park-farewell-against-dundee\/\" title=\"Martin O\u2019Neill to get Celtic Park farewell against Dundee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/celtic-v-kilmarnock-william-hill-premiership-46.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-175302 lazyload\" alt=\"Martin O'Neill\"  data-\/>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Why don\u2019t you stay, just a little bit longer?\u2019 is a view that has been 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