Wilfried Nancy’s brief stint at Celtic came to a shocking end just 33 days after joining the Scottish champions. The French coach signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the club on December 4, following his MLS season with the Columbus Crew, but was unable to turn the tide for the struggling Hoops.
Celtic’s Historic Collapse Under Nancy
Celtic suffered a 3-1 defeat to Rangers on Saturday, marking their sixth loss in eight games. Nancy now holds the unwanted record of being the fastest manager ever to be sacked in Celtic’s history.
Before Nancy’s arrival, interim manager Martin O’Neill had led Celtic to seven wins in eight matches. However, that momentum collapsed quickly. Nancy became the first Celtic boss to lose his opening two games in charge, including both Premier League Cup finals. This also marks the first time Celtic have lost four consecutive games since 1978.
“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃,” 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.
Struggles Beyond the Pitch
Even after brief successes with back-to-back league wins against Aberdeen and Livingston, the club decided to make sweeping changes. In addition to parting ways with Nancy, Celtic also removed Paul Tisdale from his role as head of football operations, a position he had held since October 2024.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒔,” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅.
Celtic now faces a critical period as they search for a new manager to revive the club’s performance in both domestic and cup competitions.
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