Steve Clarke has revealed he was passed over for the Celtic job when Ronny Deila got the Parkhead nod. The former Chelsea defender's stock is at an all-time high after he followed up taking Kilmarnock into third place by returning the national team to a major tournament.
Clarke was touted as a potential replacement for Neil Lennon at Celtic but is focused on taking Scotland to Euro 2020 as they move to announce Eddie Howe.
But the 57-year-old has revealed that he was close to agreeing a move to Glasgow's east end in the summer of 2014 after he'd left West Brom.
Clarke told the Scottish Sun: "At the start of that summer, I was quite confident I’d come out the other side in a job of some kind. “I met Dermot Desmond at his place in London and.
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