Celtic will be keeping an eye on David Moyes as a possible successor to Martin O’Neill next season, according to transfer gossip. The link comes amid uncertainty on both sides, with Moyes’s Everton contract expiring in the summer and the club’s owners looking to sell up. The suggestion first surfaced via Alan Nixon on a subscription platform, and it places the experienced Premier League manager at a club where his professional career began.
Across the city, Rangers have no transfer plans for January unless manager Derek McInnes identifies an issue that forces the club into the market. That caution comes as Celtic manager Martin O’Neill weighs up the title race, and he believes Rangers not being involved in Europe hands them a “big advantage” in the push for the championship.
On the pitch, O’Neill has revealed that defender Cameron Carter-Vickers will likely miss Thursday’s Europa League meeting with Benfica, a notable blow to Celtic’s defensive options for the European tie.
Elsewhere in Scottish football this week, former referee Bobby Madden reckons VAR could not have intervened in Rangers striker Kevin Kelsy’s goal against Kilmarnock amid handball claims, since there was no “clear footage” of the incident. And stand-in Hibs skipper Felix Passlack says there was a “big frustration” among players after Marink Reedijk’s first game as manager ended in defeat to Dundee United at Tannadice.