David Wagner is reportedly on Celtic’s radar, but could Scott Brown live with the German’s physical demands?
If the rumour is true, another name has been added to Celtic’s shortlist of potential Brendan Rodgers replacements – and it’s an exciting one.
Interest from Roberto Martinez and Andre Villas-Boas was dismissed from each manager’s representatives last week.
David Moyes is on record as saying that he’d be keen on the Celtic job but, according to the print edition of The Mirror [17/04/2019, p55], the Hoops are looking at David Wagner.
Wagner has been out of work since being fired by Huddersfield Town earlier this year.
The German manager won promotion to the Premier League by employing a Gegenpressing style of football.
The high-energy pressing requires a hell of a lot of running and if Wagner moves to Parkhead, is it bad news for Scott Brown?
Brown has been written off a lot in recent years, only to prove his critics wrong time and again.
But there is no denying that he turns 34 in June and it’s plausible to wonder whether he wouldn’t be able to live with Wagner’s physical demands.
The Celtic captain has defied the aging process for so long, but the legs will give out eventually and in a system designed on relentless running, Brown wouldn’t be able to mask the decline this time.
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