After two years at Celtic, where he won this season's domestic treble and back-to-back Scottish Premiership championships, the Australian was named head coach of Tottenham on Tuesday.
Celtic chair Peter Lawwell added that "our focus is very much on ensuring we move forward positively and do all we can to ensure that we maintain our dominant position in Scottish football and also prepare for the exciting European challenges which lie ahead" after confirming that the process of finding his replacement had already begun.
Brendan Rodgers, the former manager of Celtic, Enzo Maresca, the former manager of Leeds, Jesse Marsch, and others are rumored to be in the running for the position. But who will serve as the Scottish champions' manager?
Itzhak Maresca
The Italian is a member of Pep Guardiola's coaching staff at Manchester City, and due to Celtic's close ties to the City Group, a move to Parkhead has been strongly rumored.
The board is rumored to be interested in the 43-year-old, who was connected to Celtic before Postecoglou took over in 2021.
Maresca's playing career began with West Brom, followed by stints in Italy, Spain, and Greece where he played for teams coached by people like Juande Ramos, Marcello Lippi, Zico, and Carlo Ancelotti.
Prior to a stint as a member of Unai Emery's backroom staff at Sevilla, Maresca was introduced as a member of the non-playing staff of Italian second division club Ascoli after hanging up his boots in the summer of 2017. He was the No. 2 to
He was appointed manager of Manchester City's Elite Development Squad team in August 2020. He was appointed the new head coach of Parma, where he served for 14 games, after winning the Premier League 2 championship with City in 2021.
After Saturday's Champions League final, he might be the target of an official approach after returning to Manchester City as a coach under Guardiola last summer.
Robert Rodgers
Another choice open to the Celtic board is a player who won back-to-back trebles with the Hoops before his bitter departure for Leicester City in February 2019. This player requires no introduction to the Hoops supporters.
Although his mid-season departure from Glasgow was not well received by the fans, it seems that time does actually work as a cure because many were receptive to the thought of the Northern Irishman coming back.
The 50-year-old has already declared he wouldn't think twice about returning to Celtic at some point. With the assumption that he wants to take a vacation after being fired from Leicester, as he did when he left Liverpool in 2015, this may not be the right time.
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