Celtic coaches John Kennedy and Gavin Strachan have committed their future to the Scottish club amid speculation they could join Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham ended their arduous managerial hunt earlier this month when they lured Postecoglou away from Celtic as Antonio Conte’s replacement.
Wherever the Australian has gone in his career, he has won trophies, which fills Spurs fans with hope their club’s fortunes can turn around. However, one thing Postecoglou does not do very often when taking a new job is bring his previous coaching staff with him.
Nevertheless, it seemed Ange Postecoglou was willing to make an exception this time around. Reports suggested he was attempting to bring his former Celtic coaches John Kennedy and Gavin Strachan with him to North London (Daily Record).
Celtic, meanwhile, were hoping to prevent losing their coaches by activating a clause in Postecoglou’s contract that stopped him from luring his backroom team south (Football Insider).
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Kennedy and Strachan will stay at Celtic instead of move to Spurs
Kennedy was said to have been keen on reuniting with Postecoglou at Tottenham, but will now continue in his role as assistant manager at Parkhead (Sky Sports).
It was revealed last week that Chris Davies, the former assistant to Brendan Rodgers at Leicester City, was set to join Postecoglou’s new look coaching staff (Matt Law). Ryan Mason will also take his position as part of Postecoglou’s set-up having finished his role as interim head coach.
Now, Rodgers has been announced as the new Celtic manager to replace Postecoglou, and it seems he has been able to convince Kennedy and Strachan to stay in Scotland with him.
Celtic Football Club took to Twitter to say: “We are also pleased to confirm that John Kennedy will support Brendan Rodgers as the club’s Assistant Manager – along with first-team coaches Stevie Woods, Gavin Strachan and Harry Kewell, and B Team coaches Stephen McManus and Darren O’Dea.”
Rodgers added: “I wanted John to be with me as we move forward.
“He is someone I know well and respect and he will be very important to myself and our players.”
Spurs Web Opinion
Postecoglou doesn’t usually take coaches with him, and maybe that is for the best in the case of Spurs.
We need a completely clean slate in so many areas, from top to bottom, at this football club. I’d rather see Postecoglou collaborate with new coaches to keep things fresh and hopefully offer new perspectives to his time at Celtic.
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