What Martin O’Neill said after Celtic release manager update amid Wilfried Nancy noise

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Celtic’s search for a new permanent manager continues.

There has been a lot of noise around Wilfried Nancy possibly replacing Brendan Rodgers, as Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney continue to hold the fort for Celtic.

Ahead of Celtic’s game against St Mirren on Saturday evening in the Premiership, and questions as to who will be in the Paisley dugout.

Celtic have issued an update to supporters on Monday evening to clear things up.

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Celtic’s manager update ahead of St Mirren game

O’Neill’s second spell as Celtic manager continues, and he has a chance to further boost his 100% start on the domestic stage.

Celtic have confirmed that O’Neill and Maloney ‘will continue to manage first-team matters on an interim basis’, as they aim to complete their search for Rodgers’ replacement.

‘As Celtic Football Club continues with the process to appoint our next permanent manager,’ wrote the club on social media.

‘We can confirm that Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney will continue to manage first-team matters on an interim basis until this process is complete. We will update supporters further as soon as possible.’

What Martin O’Neill has said about remaining in charge for St Mirren match

The November international break is set to conclude, and so far, the Celtic players on duty have remained unscathed.

Given Celtic’s injury issues, O’Neill stated that he just wants as many players as possible available for the St Mirren match, as he explained what he did over this break.

“First things first, I enjoyed the couple of days off because it was a bit of a whirlwind fortnight beforehand,” stated O’Neill.

“But if there’s not an announcement now in the next few days, then I’m happy to still be here for the weekend game against St Mirren.

“First of all, we want the players coming back from international matches unscathed, which is the most important thing for us just now, now that we’ve got a few injuries to contend with.

“So, whatever sort of squad we had for the Kilmarnock game, I wouldn’t mind having roughly the same again.

“But we can only deal with what we have and what we want to do, and we just want to play as strongly as we possibly can. But let’s see what the next couple of days bring.”