Latest Update On The Future Of This 29-Year-Old Celtic Player: Are The Club Right With Their Decision?

Under manager Martin O’Neill, the defending champions have fought through inconsistency, managerial change, and a brutal fixture run to remain in contention, and the stakes are massive as the split approaches. With the pressure mounting, Keith Wyness , former chief executive of Aberdeen, Everton , and Aston Villa, and now a football consultancy adviser to elite clubs, told Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast that Kelechi Iheanacho’s contract situation at Celtic depends entirely on what happens over the next few weeks. What did Wyness say?

Wyness argued that the club will simply wait and see how Iheanacho finishes the campaign before making any decision, and that a string of crucial goals in big matches would earn the Nigerian striker another year at Parkhead. Wyness stated that if Iheanacho fails to deliver, he will leave as a free agent when his deal expires this summer. “It will all depend on whether Celtic can come back and win the title.

To me, that decision’s pretty clear. “They’re going to wait until they see how he finishes the season. If he scores some crucial goals in big games coming up in the last six games, and he helps win the title, they’ll reward him with another year.

“If they don’t, he’s gone. To me, that’s the way they’re going to look at it, and the pressure’s on him now to do that. “These games are pretty big ones coming up.