Surprise Damien Duff Celtic return suggestion floated
And if he doesn't stay beyond his deal, Nevin thinks Duff, who was a coach at Celtic during Neil Lennon's second spell, could be an ideal replacement: "It would work for Damien Duff," he said [Compare.bet].
"He played for the Republic of Ireland - a big link there with a lot of the Celtic fans as well.
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"Would they like a big name sometimes? They most probably would - Ange Postecoglou or someone? But when you give somebody a good chance at that level, they've done their years of coaching elsewhere, they've done the hard yards.
"And also you give them a good job, which is right. Here's quite a lot of money in comparison to everybody else in your league. Here's a good team as well. It must be a temptation.
"But it won't come down to the heart, it'll come down to the head with Celtic. They'll look around the world, and they'll probably have quite a few more names. Because remember, Ange wasn't in the top 10 in the betting when they brought him in."
Duff recently departed his post as manager of Shelbourne, despite leading them to the Irish top-flight title last year.
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