Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill expressed confidence that the Irish Football Association can advance its plans to open a national training centre by 2028. In February 2025, the IFA unveiled proposals for a modern facility beside the Galgorm Resort near Ballymena, featuring top-quality pitches and advanced training amenities. The association reaffirmed its commitment to the […]
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Supporters made their frustration clear at Parkhead on Saturday following Celtic’s disastrous Champions League play-off defeat to LASK, displaying a banner that read ‘World Class Embarrassment’. Despite that message, the atmosphere was largely encouraging rather than hostile, which caught O’Neill off guard. Two goals from Camilo Duran helped Celtic overcome Falkirk, although Colby Donovan’s own […]
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Celtic have been under pressure from their fans since last summer because of the club’s limited transfer activity before the Champions League play-offs. They also missed out at the same stage last season after losing to Kairat Almaty. Kasper Hogh, Camilo Duran, Haissem Hassan and Mika Baur joined the club before the match against LASK. […]
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With chaos unfolding throughout the open-air Raiffeisen Arena, neither Celtic nor Martin O’Neill had any place to escape the scrutiny. It was one of the bleakest European evenings the Scottish champions had ever experienced. That assessment carries considerable weight after their penalty shootout defeat by Kairat Almaty at the same stage of last year’s Champions […]
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A brilliant brace from new arrival Camilo Durán gave Celtic a commanding advantage over Lask in their Champions League playoff. Benjamin Nygren also found the net with an outstanding finish as Martin O’Neill’s team secured a 3-0 victory in the first leg against the Austrian visitors in Glasgow. Lask had two goals ruled out for […]
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Kasper Høgh netted a hat-trick, scoring his first goals for Celtic, as the Scottish champions cruised to a 5-1 victory over Kilmarnock on Sunday despite manager Martin O’Neill’s absence. The result gave Celtic back-to-back Premiership wins, although 74-year-old O’Neill did not travel to Rugby Park after undergoing what the club described earlier in the week […]
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“His availability for this weekend’s match is still being assessed one day at a time,” he explained. “He joined us last night as part of the preparations, but he was absent today.” “I’ll talk with him later this afternoon, and he will decide whether he can attend tomorrow. I expect he will then make a […]
Continue ReadingStill, the manager from Northern Ireland stopped short of making definite guarantees, pointing to the Iheanacho situation as a case in point. The Glasgow side were keen to keep the Nigerian forward after his 12-month deal expired, yet he opted instead to join Bursaspor, a club that has just climbed back into the second division […]
Continue ReadingIs a return to Celtic on the cards for Kelechi Iheanacho and Marcelo Saracchi? Meanwhile, Rangers are reportedly moving closer to securing Cammy Devlin following his departure from Hearts… Celtic manager Martin O’Neill has revealed that chief executive Michael Nicholson “has been in contact with” the representative of striker Kelechi Iheanacho, adding that “the situation […]
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