Joe Ledley names the perfect man for the Celtic vacancy
Joe Ledley names the perfect man for the Celtic vacancy Charlie Mulgrew was last week talking about a conversation he’d had with former Celtic midfielder Joe Ledley who had been talking up the Wales manager Craig Bellamy for the Celtic job should Wales fail to reach the World Cup Finals via the play-off… It was heartache for the Welsh national side, losing on penalties to Bosnia & Herzegovina in a match that they should have won. Having watched that game, rather than the Ireland one on at the same time, in order to have a closer look at the style of football Bellamy has his side playing, I have to say that I was impressed and the style of football on show would be more than acceptable, should Bellamy get the Celtic job. Joe Ledley has returned to his subject today and the former Welsh International makes a strong case for Bellamy returning to the club this time as manager.
“Craig Bellamy is a perfect fit for Celtic,” Ledley said as reported by Daily Record . “They’ll almost definitely be looking for a new manager in the summer, unless Martin O’Neill wins the league and considers staying on for another year. ” Even if Martin O’Neill does win the Scottish Premiership and adds a Scottish Cup to the trophy cabinet at Celtic Park to sit alongside, it’s still extremely unlikely that he’d be asked at 74 to take on the responsibility of a huge summer rebuild at the club.
It’s going to be a new manager and a new era at the football club but how that will look has got so many unknowns at the moment, it would be crazy to speculate. So there will be a new manager, that is a given. Joe Ledley continued with his Bellamy pitch: “And in Craig, you’ve got someone who studies absolutely everything in detail, he likes to play on the front foot, it’s all about possession and being attack-minded.
“But he also knows what it means for that club, having played there. He knows what the fans want and expect. He’s young, he’s hungry… I just think he’s perfect for that job.
“I know a lot of people up in Scotland like the look of the Motherwell manager (Jens Berthel Askou), so I’d say those two names are the ones who’ll be on the club’s radar… but for me, Craig is perfect. ” “The big question is whether Wales will be able to keep hold of Craig Bellamy, because I’m sure there’s going to be a lot of speculation around him coming up in the near future. “He’s someone I keep in touch with quite a lot, because we played for the national team together.
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