Former Rangers manager Graeme Souness has suggested in The Times that Celtic should appoint Roy Keane to reclaim the title from Steven Gerrard’s side.
Rangers have won the Scottish Premiership title this season, ending bitter Old Firm rivals Celtic’s chances of making it 10 in a row.
Neil Lennon left his managerial role at the Hoops in February, with John Kennedy placed in charge of the first team until the end of the season.
According to The Scottish Sun this month, former Manchester United and Celtic midfielder Keane is interested in becoming the new manager of the Scottish giants.
Souness, who played for and managed Rangers, works with Keane for Sky Sports, and the former Scotland international midfielder believes that appointing the ex-Republic of Ireland would be good for the Hoops.
The Sky Sports pundit wrote in The Times: “Don’t expect Celtic to roll over and accept this as the norm. They will respond this summer.
“I can’t second guess their board, but if they went for Roy Keane, as a report suggested, it would light the touch paper and be great for the Scottish game because people throughout football and far beyond Scotland would be talking about the rivalry with those two personalities in charge.”
Blockbuster managerial appointment
Keane is a very outspoken pundit who is not afraid to say what he really thinks, but the former United star has not been a sole manager of a club since 2011.
It would be a risk for Celtic to appoint the 49-year-old, but there is no doubt that with Liverpool legend Gerrard in charge of Rangers, it would be a blockbuster move for the Hoops to have a former United star competing against him.
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