Wilfried Nancy has been sacked as Celtic manager after just 33 days and eight matches, the shortest managerial tenure in the club's history. Martin O'Neill has been reinstalled as interim manager until the end of the season.
Nancy, appointed from Columbus Crew on a two-and-a-half-year contract in December, lost six of his eight games in charge, including a 3-1 home defeat by Rangers on Saturday that proved decisive. He became the first Celtic manager to lose his first two matches and oversaw a calamitous defence that conceded 18 goals, one more than in the previous 24 fixtures.
O'Neill, who replaced Brendan Rodgers in October, had won seven of eight games to move Celtic back into title contention. He returns with assistant Shaun Maloney, saying: 'I’ve been asked to take this great job on again and my focus will be to try and get us back to winning ways.'
Nancy's assistants Kwame Ampadu, Jules Gueguen and Maxime Chalier have also left, along with head of football operations Paul Tisdale. Celtic are six points behind leaders Hearts, having parted company with two permanent managers, a head of football operations, and chairman Peter Lawwell this season amid fierce fan criticism.
