CELTS' TARGET MIGHT BE BEST COACH IN MLS

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- REPORT Pundit Caldwell

advanced talks to make Nancy their next manager after the MLS season.

The 48-year-old, who led the club to the MLS Cup two years ago and was named MLS Coach of the Year in 2024, has been top of the Celtic wishlist since Brendan Rodgers’ bombshell exit last month.

It's understood Nancy wants the move and Parkhead officials are now hoping he can be on board for the sides Premiership return against St Mirren next weekend.

Celtic will need to shell out compensation of up to £2million to land him.

And Caldwell, an MLS analyst for TSN, told MailSport:"He’s impressive. A good football guy.

“He's a student of the game. He's dead focused on tactics and patterns of play. He's a sort of total-football kind of guy.

“He's had great success in MLS. Winning the MLS Cup is huge. Basically that’s winning the league.

“To do it with a team like Columbus, even though they had good players, was quite an achievement.