Celtic board talks underway to sack Wilfried Nancy in new Parkhead bombshell
The Celtic board have set the cogs in motion to bring the curtain down on Wilfried Nancy’s spell in charge of the team.
The Frenchman has had a disastrous start to his spell in charge, having lost all of his opening four games since taking the reins from Martin O’Neill.
Nancy’s position at Celtic has been perilous from the very beginning, and the midweek defeat to Dundee United has left his team six points off the pace at the top of the Premiership.
The Parkhead faithful have targeted the 48-year-old with vitriol from the stands in recent games, and the board have now acted on the discontent that has quickly set in.
Wilfried Nancy sack discussions underway
Celtic fans have already lost faith in Nancy after some woeful results to start his tenure, and it appears that the board now share that view.
Nancy’s men suffered defeat to Hearts in his opening game in charge, before they were then outclassed by Roma on home turf in the Europa League.
A catastrophic defeat to St Mirren in the final of the Premier Sports Cup followed last weekend, and it now appears that the Dundee United reverse will be the final straw.
Discussions are now taking place between the board and the manager after the Bhoys’ defeat at Tannadice, according to journalist Peter Martin via his X account.
The latest Premiership loss appears to have been the cut-off for the Celtic hierarchy, with the talks understood to hold the intention of ending Nancy’s two-week reign.
Nancy to become shortest ever Celtic reign
Nancy has only just walked through the door at Celtic, but he seems set to take up an embarrassing place in their history books in the coming days.
O’Neill steadied the ship at Parkead with an impressive run of seven wins from eight matches, but all of that progress has now been set back by Nancy’s poor start.
The Frenchman is set to lose his job after just four games at the helm, and as a result, he will take up a rather humiliating spot in club history.
John Barnes currently holds the top spot as the shortest ever managerial reign at Celtic, as he was dismissed after just 29 games in February 2029.
The Liverpool legend lasted for just under a year in the dugout, but Nancy is now on the brink after just two weeks.
That will see him remembered forever in the Celtic annals, but ultimately for all the wrong reasons.