Wilfried Nancy has been sacked by Celtic after just 32 days in charge.
The former Columbus Crew boss was brought in after Martin O’Neill took interim charge of the Hoops following Brendan Rodgers‘ resignation in October, but won just two out of his eight games.
He is the shortest-serving permanent manager in the club’s history having only been appointed on December 3, and leaves the club six points behind Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts.
Nancy’s coaching staff Kwame Ampadu, Jules Gueguen, and Maxime Chalier, have also departed the Scottish giants alongside head of football operations Paul Tisdale in a major shake-up at Celtic Park.
The club have seen widespread protests from fan groups, who most recently gathered outside the 60,000-seater stadium in the wake of their 3-1 derby defeat against Rangers on Saturday.
Nancy’s reign began in disastrous fashion, losing three games in one week to Hearts, AS Roma and then St Mirren in the Premier Sports Cup final. This was followed by a 2-1 defeat away to Dundee United.
Wilfried Nancy has been sacked by Celtic after just 32 days in charge of the Glasgow club
Nancy replaced Martin O’Neill but won just two games out of eight – losing the other six
The Frenchman eventually got points on the board with a 3-1 victory over Aberdeen and a 4-2 away win at Livingston. But defeats by Motherwell and Rangers meant they had surrendered an 11 point lead ahead of their city rivals.
He had tried to implement a unique 3-4-2-1 system which had brought him success overseas in the MLS, tearing up what O’Neill had implemented during his temporary return to Glasgow, where he won seven out of eight.
Though there were green shoots in some of the performances under Nancy, including a blistering first half against Rangers, results fell to the wayside and players never seemed to fully believe in the 48-year-old.
Luke McCowan gave an astonishing interview after that bruising defeat on Saturday, where he appeared to question why the manager didn’t adjust in the second half to match Danny Rohl’s side.
‘Let’s call a spade a spade, when has it ever been this bad? It’s never,’ the midfielder said. ‘You’re asking fans to react to something that for the first time they’re seeing it. And as players, for the first time we’re feeling it.’
Asked if the dressing room is behind the manager, McCowan astonishingly added: ‘We have to be, he’s the manager. I don’t know what else to say on it. But he is the manager. What do we do?’
Celtic thanked each member of staff for their work and said that a further update would be provided to supporters ‘as soon as is practical’.
