Martin O'Neill wishes Celtic had not appointed Wilfried Nancy and left him to 'claw things back'The nightmare spell in charge for the Frenchman allowed table-topping Hearts to surge ahead at the Premiership summitView 2 Images Celtic's head coach Martin O'Neill gives instructions to his players (Image: )Martin O'Neil admits he wishes he had never been forced to step away from Celtic’ s title fight to let Wilfried Nancy take over the reigns. ‌Which is why he now regrets ever having to leave his position as interim manager when Nancy was appointed to oversee a disastrous December. O’Neill said: “You can’t change the course of the season but in hindsight I maybe wouldn’t have minded staying on. But now you are back again so first of all you have to claw things back.”‌View 2 Images Wilfried Nancy (left) talks to the Celtic players (Image: PA)O’Neill, though, admits he’s relishing the prospect of a ‘must-not-lose’ trip to Tynecastle. “Alistair Johnston is making good enough progress but we won’t see him until some time in March at the best.

Source: Express January 24, 2026 14:07 UTC