Lambert: Brendan fit for Celtic

Former Celtic captain Paul Lambert thinks Brendan Rodgers would be a great choice to be the next manager of his old club.

Celtic are holding interviews as they seek to find a replacement for Ronny Deila, who departed Glasgow on Monday having won two Scottish Premiership titles in as many years as manager.

Sky Sports understands both Rodgers and former Watford and Cardiff boss Malky Mackay have already held talks with Celtic, while several others continue to be linked with the vacancy.

Rodgers has been out of work since last October when he was replaced by Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.

But Lambert reckons Rodgers would have a similar impact to Neil Lennon and Martin O’Neill, who delivered three titles each during their spells in charge of the Hoops.

“I think so. It will be totally different from Liverpool if Brendan got it. I don’t think, because Liverpool is a massive club, you can’t go to Celtic and think, well it’s an inferior club. It’s not,” Lambert told Sky Sports News HQ.

“Celtic’s a huge football club. Even in my own time when Martin O’Neill came in, I said at the time we needed a manager like him because of the demands of …

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