NANCY ISN'T A RISKY BIT OF BUSINESS

O'Neill convinced new boss has what it takes to be hit at Celtic

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So that's encouraging as well. The MLS is improving. Youre getting a quality of player there. I know Lionel Messi is at the end of his career but he’s out there playing.

“Each year the league definitely improves, they are getting big crowds at games. I wouldn't just make the judgment from that. If you've got an experience of managing players, go with it.”

What O'Neill can guarantee Nancy - who led Columbus Crew to MLS Cup glory in 2023 - is that nothing will prepare him for life in charge of Celtic.

O'Neill, who left Leicester for Parkhead in 2000, said: “It was a dream for me to do that.

“But coming to manage Celtic, despite all the background history that I would have growing up in Ireland as Irish Catholic and all that type of stuff and whatever you thought about the club, I don't think that I had a real realisation of how big the club was.