Harry Redknapp has made it clear that he would jump at the chance to take over from Neil Lennon at Scottish Premiership giants Celtic, while speaking to talkSPORT (19 March, 9.50am).
After nine successive league titles, the empire is crumbling, with Celtic facing up to the prospect of clearing out the rubble and building again from the ground up.
Olivier Ntcham and Jeremie Frimpong have gone already, leaping into the lifeboats when January moves to Marseille and Bayer Leverkusen presented themselves. Kristoffer Ajer and star striker Odsonne Edouard are expected to depart this summer, with their contracts expiring in 2022.
With Rangers looking well-placed to dominate the Scottish landscape, and Steven Gerrard committing his future to the Ibrox outfit, Celtic really cannot afford to get this decision wrong.
Find the new Brendan Rodgers and the Hoops will be challenging for honours once again before long. Fail to do so and the next season will be another one-horse race.
The list of managers linked with the vacant Parkhead post is long and varied, including Jesse Marsch, David Wagner, Mick McCarthy, Frank Lampard, Eddie Howe and more.
But if it is experience they want – a coach whose famed man-management skills could bring the feel-good factor back to Celtic after an unrelenting nightmare of a campaign – who better than Harry Redknapp?
“I’d love it, yeah! What a job that is. What a club,” the former Tottenham, QPR and Southampton boss said when asked how he would feel about taking Lennon’s place in the dugout.
It seems unlikely that Celtic will turn to a 74-year-old who hasn’t managed at club level since a spell at Birmingham City in 2017.
But, if Marsch, Howe and co cannot be lured to Glasgow, perhaps Redknapp could be a short-term figurehead capable of building a bridge between one era and the next.
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