Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy has the full backing of the club’s hierarchy, who are on board with the Frenchman’s vision and have been fully supportive of his desire to change the playing system immediately. (Sky Sports), external

Celtic are ready to spend in the January transfer market, but there are some internal concerns that they are spending on the wrong manager and the board has quietly begun sounding out potential replacements should they feel the need to replace Wilfried Nancy in the new year. (TeamTalk), external

Simon Jordan insists Martin O’Neill, who he works beside as a TalkSport pundit, was not just an interim manager during his eight-week return to Celtic, whose board must have really believed in appointing Wilfried Nancy to move on from the club icon. (TalkSport via Daily Record), external

Martin O’Neill is the bookmakers’ favourite to take over at Celtic should they sack Wilfried Nancy, ahead of Bodo/Glimt head coach Kjetil Knutsen, Ferencvaros’ Robbie Keane and former Parkhead boss Ange Postecoglu. (Planet Football), external

Steven Pressley says Brendan Rodgers told him a few things about his frustrations and concerns at Celtic and the Dundee head coach was therefore not surprised the Northern Irishman left the Scottish champions’ manager post just days later. (Scottish Sun), external

Nicky Hayen, who was linked with the Celtic manager’s job and has since been sacked by Club Brugge, is leading the race to take over at Belgium top-flight rivals Genk. (HLN), external

Former Rangers head coach contender Davide Ancelotti has been sacked by Brazilian club Botofago after the 36-year-old made a poor start to his first managerial role in football. (The Herald), external

Thanks to their near-constant availability for Rangers, right-back James Tavernier and midfielder Nicolas Raskin have been named in the world’s most physically robust outfield players in a new study by CIES Football Observatory. (Newsportual), external