Celtic are on the hunt for a brand new supervisor, and it’s reported that Wilfried Nancy is on their shortlist – however who’s the Main League Soccer supervisor?
The 48-year-old, born in Le Havre, France, turned head coach at Ohio membership Columbus Crew in 2022, and since then has gained the MLS Cup and Leagues Cup.
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He additionally led the Crew to the Concacaf Champions Cup ultimate and was named the MLS Supervisor of the 12 months in 2024.
Within the 2025 season, Crew gained 14 and drawn 12 of the 34 video games performed within the MLS, however misplaced to Cincinnati in Spherical One of many play-offs.
Previous to that, the Frenchman took over the top coach position at Montreal, in 2021, from Thierry Henry.
He managed the membership till 2022, profitable the Canadian Championship.
The previous defender performed in decrease league French golf equipment together with Toulon, earlier than he moved to Canada to play for the College of Quebec in Montreal school membership.
After retiring from enjoying, Nancy coached the youth groups in Montreal and have become the assistant coach in 2016, ultimately turning into head coach.
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‘Ought to Celtic stick or twist?’
A reputation gathering a lot of chatter for the Celtic job is Thierry Henry’s former assistant at Montreal, Wilfried Nancy.
The previous centre-back from France’s second tier has been making waves with Columbus Crew in America’s MLS. His assistant Kwame Ampadu has ties with Celtic’s head of soccer operations Paul Tisdale from their time collectively at Exeter Metropolis. The season has ended for Columbus, so the pair can be out there instantly.
So ought to Celtic stick or twist? Maintain Martin O’Neill for a number of extra weeks or months? Maintain him till Kjetil Knutsen is out there? Or gamble on Nancy, whose fame is rising however is untested in European soccer?
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Will probably be fascinating to see the place the chips fall.
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