Shevchenko wants UK job with Celtic interested

Toby Bowles
Shevchenko Celtic

Andriy Shevchenko is eyeing a managerial role in the UK after resigning from his post as Ukraine manager, according to reports.

Shevchenko, 45, led his country to the quarter-finals of the Euros in the summer, the culmination of five years of impressive work at the helm.

The former Ballon d’Or winner is most famous in England for his rec0rd-breaking transfer to Chelsea in 2006, where he would spend an underwhelming three seasons. His most successful spell was at AC Milan.


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Nevertheless, Shevchenko is keen on a return to Britain, and was reportedly interviewed for several jobs in the summer without landing one.

According to The Sun, his agency have been sending out ‘feelers’, and this has put Celtic – who are sixth in the Scottish Premiership – on ‘red alert’.

Pressure is mounting on Ange Postecoglou, the Australian appointed late last summer. The Hoops have lost seven times already this season and look dead and buried in the Europa League after a 4-0 thumping at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday.

Postecoglou said after the game: “It was disappointing. They’re a good side, they’ve got some quality and they took the chances they had.

“That’s kind of the story for us at the moment in general, and we’ve just got to be stronger mentally and better at taking those chances – especially tonight.

 

 

“You’re facing a quality team, you know they’re going to have their own moments, and you’ve got to try and put some pressure on them, particularly by taking the opportunities you have and, again, not giving them any opportunities, and we fell down on both areas.

“When you’re playing against top quality, you’ve got to be on it, and you’ve got to take the opportunities you have. At the same time, we shouldn’t be conceding four goals. It’s not a game where we should be conceding four goals.

“But we’ve got to take the pain and disappointment we’ve experienced tonight as a motivation to fuel fire for the game on Sunday because otherwise, if we keep putting it to one side and hoping things will turn around, it just won’t happen that way.”