Alex Neil has ruled himself out on contention for the Celtic job!
In these situations it’s best to dismiss speculation rather than flatter yourself with a job way above your capacities.
The Preston boss is creating a reasonable career for himself, impressing at Hamilton enough to get a move to Norwich where he won the holy grail of promotion to the Premiership- and a quick return to the Championship.
Neil is into his second season at Preston, which is longer than most Championship managers enjoy, with the club sitting in 12th place looking safe from relegation but short of becoming play-off contenders.
Responding to online speculation about moving to Celtic he told The Sun:
“When I was at Norwich I was linked with the Rangers job and now this. It is rare to be linked with Celtic and Rangers because people like to think you are one or the other.
“I have no thoughts about moving club or anything like that. I am the Preston manager and I am enjoying my time here and we have a lot of scope to improve. Being the boss here has my full focus.
“I don’t look at the speculation in the papers or social media. I get made aware of it but sometimes I find it funny more than anything else.”
Another candidate, Marco Rose, the Salzburg manager had a very bad night at the office in the Europa League watching his side lose 3-0 away to Napoli with their hopes of progress now looking remote.
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