Billy Davies has emerged as a shock candidate to become the New Celtic Manager in the Summer with the Scotsman thought to be pining after a return to his homeland, Davies is currently in charge of Nottingham Forest but is thought to be unhappy at the City Ground. Davies has a growing reputation in the game in England and has had a successful time at Forest who will be in the play-offs come the end of the season, rumours surrounding forest though are suggesting that Davies could be on his way whether the team get promoted to the Premier League or not. It would be somewhat of a surprise move if Davies were to make the move to Celtic Park with the general perception being that he is a Rangers man, he is of course a former player at Ibrox but that is not thought to be an issue with either the Celtic board or Davies himself.

Should Forest get promoted to the Premier League then Davies is though to be worried about the transfer budget he would be given, he knows the team will need a big upgrade but the Forest board are unlikely to want to spend the excessive amounts needed. Davies is known as a feisty character and his record shows that he does not hang around at one club for too long meaning he may be ready to move on from Forest, this is despite turning the club around from a relegation club to a promotion chasing team in little more than a year. At the moment it is still Neil Lennon who is the favourite to become the new man on a permanent basis, Lennon has been in caretaker charge since Tony Mowbray was sacked and has made it clear that he is eager to take the role on a permanent basis.

Davies would be seen as a more experienced man for the job and a good alternative to Lennon should the board decide to go that way, he has led Derby to the Premier League in the past and now has the chance to do the same with Nottingham Forest through the play-offs. At this stage it is unclear how the Celtic fans would react to a former Rangers Player as their Manager but it is bound to be a difficult time for Davies if he decides to head to Celtic Park. He would quickly be forgiven though if he could get the team back to winning ways, the League title would be the order of the day after losing out to Rangers for the past two season’s.

Lennon is still clearly the front runner for the job and if he can finish the season well then it will be hard for the board not to recognize that, however Davies looks like being the best alternative as he has good experience down in England and looks ready to head back north of the border.

Next Permanent Celtic Manager Odds with SkyBet.com as of 21/04/2010

N Lennon 7/4
B Davies 5/2
M Hughes 7/1
A Pardew 8/1
A Curbishley 9/1
P Lambert 10/1
W McStay 12/1
C Levein 12/1
R Aitken 16/1
M Jimenez 16/1
D McInnes 20/1
R Keane 20/1
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