Celtic cannot lose focus from the task at hand, which is winning the league this season. Martin O'Neill has done tremendously well to get them within two points of Hearts now, following this weekend's set of results. The Hoops won against Motherwell at home, followed by Derek McInnes' side losing to Kilmarnock away at Rugby Park.

If O'Neill can somehow win this title race for Celtic, it would go down as one of his greatest achievements at the club. Just look at all the obstacles he has had to overcome, whether it be taking the interim job the first time after Brendan Rodgers quit or the second time, when Wilfried Nancy was sacked after just eight games in charge.

In the summer, Celtic fans will have to bid goodbye to O'Neill though. He is here as interim manager only until the end of the season. And at 74 years of age, it is hard to imagine that he will continue beyond that point.

Who will Celtic replace O'Neill with this time? Of course, bringing in Nancy proved to be a complete mistake. They will have to do much better this time around when it comes to identifying the right manager for the job.

Jens Berthel Askou of Motherwell, Robbie Keane of Ferencvaros, Wales national team boss Craig Bellamy and Portugal head coach Roberto Martinez are some of the names that have been linked with the Parkhead job. Now, Mark Guidi has added Sean Dyche to that mix.

According to 67 Hail Hail, Guidi said while speaking on The Go Radio Football Show: 

“Sean Dyche has got a good body of work as well and might fancy something different.

“Because if you look at Sean Dyche’s CV, every job he’s had it’s been bottom six. Fighting relegation, fighting relegation, fighting relegation.

“This would be a chance to go and build something to win titles on the front foot, which would be a pleasant change for him, I’m sure.”

Appointing Dyche would be a risky move for Celtic though. On one hand, nobody can deny the remarkable job that he did at Burnley, spending almost a decade with the club. Managerial runs rarely last as long in modern football.

Dyche was solid for Everton as well and went a some way in steadying the ship there, after the Merseyside club had become perennial relegation contenders for a while.

His run at Nottingham Forest as one to forget. But then again, we have seen top managers fail in that post in recent times. So, you cannot read too much into it.

The bigger worry for Celtic would be the style of football that Dyche likes his teams to play. That simply would not translate at Parkhead.

The reason Dyche has so often found himself 'fighting relegation' is that he is great at working with teams like those and getting them out of trouble. The job requirement at Celtic would be completely different. Winning games constantly while playing attractive football. Is that something the English manager can produce?

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