O'Neill stays at Celtic after league & cup double

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Martin O'Neill will continue as Celtic manager after leading the side to a Premiership and Scottish Cup double.

Martin O'Neill volition proceed arsenic Celtic manager aft 2 interim spells past play culminated successful a Premiership and Scottish Cup double, BBC Scotland understands.

Twenty years connected from ending a five-year tenure arsenic Celtic manager, helium returned successful precocious October connected a impermanent ground aft Brendan Rodgers' departure, overseeing 8 games.

O'Neill made mode for Wilfried Nancy but the Frenchman near aft six defeats and lone 2 wins from 8 matches. O'Neill was backmost arsenic Celtic brag successful aboriginal January, appointed for the remainder of the season.

The league rubric contention went to the last time of the campaign, with Celtic beating long-time leaders Hearts 3-1 to decorativeness top. Then, astatine Hampden 2 weeks ago, O'Neill won his ninth trophy arsenic Celtic manager with a 3-1 triumph implicit Dunfermline Athletic successful the Scottish Cup final.

And the 74-year-old has present agreed to enactment astatine Parkhead aft holding talks with the club's large shareholder Dermot Desmond earlier this week.

Celtic person yet to officially corroborate the appointment.

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