Rafa Benitez is set to become Celtic’s new manager. The former Liverpool, Chelsea and Newcastle boss has quit Chinese Super League club Dalian Pro.
And understands he is now in the frame to take over from Neil Lennon at Parkhead. It would mean 60-year-old Benitez going head-to-head with his former Kop captain Steven Gerrard for supremacy in Glasgow.
Gerrard saw his Rangers team go 23 points clear at the top of the SPL with a 5-0 over Ross County yesterday. Lennon has come under increasing pressure as Celtic have crumbled in their bid to make history by claiming a 10th successive title.
Poor performances on the pitch have been compounded by the row that erupted when Lennon took his squad for a warm weather training camp in Dubai while
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