Martin O’Neill: Supervisor backed by Celtic after ‘painful’ week

Celtic will “come collectively and help” supervisor Martin O’Neill after a “painful” week for the membership, chief govt Michael Nicholson has stated.

O’Neill had indicated that he would use the cross-border break to think about his future following two defeats to Rangers, both aspect of a house loss to Ferencvaros within the Europa League.

In the wake of Sunday’s 1-0 derby defeat at Celtic Park, 74-year-old O’Neill had stated “it might be time to wrap it up”.

However, Nicholson prompt the membership will rally around the supervisor who has delivered 9 trophies over two spells.

His remarks got here with the newest monetary figures revealing a drop of nearly £33m in revenue.

A lack of £4.8m is essentially right down to the failure to succeed in final yr’s Champions League and Celtic have missed out once more, squandering a 4-0 combination lead of their play-off with LASK final month.

“Having began properly within the Premiership this season, we skilled disappointment within the Champions League play-off,” stated Nicholson in a written assertion accompanying the monetary outcomes.

“Reaching the league section of the Champions League is an goal for us all, and we’re sorry to not have achieved it.

“On high of that, the losses within the final week have been painful for us all. We will now come collectively and help Martin and the gamers, as we focus our efforts on reaching success domestically and within the Europa League.”