Motherwell boss Jens Berthel Askou would be a “very good” choice to fill Celtic’s managerial vacancy this summer, according to Robbie Neilson.
Dane Askou, 43, has transformed the Steelmen into a slick passing side this season and has the club on course for a fourth-place finish.
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Former Hearts and Dundee United boss Neilson believes Celtic should move quickly in a bid to secure Askou, with the club facing a major squad rebuild.
“I think he’s done a fantastic job and he’d be one of the main candidates,” Neilson told the BBC’s Scottish Football Podcast.
“There was talk of Kieran McKenna at Ipswich but they’ve just been promoted, he’s not leaving the Premiership in England for Celtic.
“Robbie Keane [currently at Ferencvaros], maybe. Askou in my opinion would be a very good appointment and he knows the league now.
“The biggest problem Celtic have is what direction are they going in? At the moment they don’t have a head coach for next season, they don’t have a head of recruitment and they don’t have players lined up.
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“How are you going to play? How can you recruit players if you don’t know what the manager wants to do?
“So I think they need to get something sorted very, very quickly to get plans moving forward. Askou would be a really good appointment.”
