Who are the leading candidates for the Celtic job?

Since Brendan Rodgers Resigns as Celtic manager Several candidates emerged on Monday as the Northern Irishman’s long-term successor.

Celtic moved quickly to appoint former manager Martin O’Neill as interim boss 20 years after his first tenure at the Glasgow club ended.

Sunday’s 3-1 defeat against Hearts was Celtic’s second consecutive Premiership defeat, leaving them eight points clear in second place despite winning just two of their last seven games in all competitions.

O’Neill, 73, played down suggestions he could take on the job full-time and insisted he was just “keeping the seat warm”.

A number of candidates have already begun to emerge for the position, including some with strong ties to Parkhead.

BBC Sport is considering the options and looking at how realistic it might be to appoint one of them.