Martin O'Neill remains in interim charge of Celtic amid new manager search

Martin O’Neill is to remain in interim charge of Celtic as the club continue their search for a new manager.

Club legend O’Neill was brought back into the fold at Parkhead following the resignation of Brendan Rodgers last month.

The 73-year-old, assisted by coach Shaun Maloney, will continue to be in the dugout while the Scottish champions search for Rodgers’ permanent successor.

They travel to St Mirren on Saturday evening following the international break.

It comes as the Hoops have made Columbus Crew boss Wilfried Nancy their first choice to be their next permanent manager.

Head of football operations Paul Tisdale has been playing a major role in the search for a new manager.

Other names are being explored at this stage, but Nancy tops the list of targets for the Parkhead club.

O’Neill told Celtic TV: “First things first, I enjoyed the couple of days off because it was a bit of a whirlwind fortnight beforehand, but if there’s not an announcement now in the next few days, then I’m happy to still be here for the weekend game against St Mirren.

“First of all, we want the players coming back from international matches unscathed, which is the most important thing for us just now, now that we’ve got a few injuries to contend with.

“So whatever sort of squad we had for the Kilmarnock game, I wouldn’t mind having roughly the same again, but we can only deal with what we have and what we want to do, and we just want to play as strongly as we possibly can.

“But let’s see what the next couple of days bring.”