Celtic confirm Deila will leave at end of the season

Celtic have confirmed that Ronny Deila will leave Celtic at the end of this season.

It was reported by Kyrre Øvrebø of Norwegian news outlet TV2 several days ago that Deila will depart Celtic at the end of the current season.

This breaking news comes in the aftermath of the embarrassing defeat to Rangers in the Scottish Cup semi-final.

Speaking about it to the club website Deila said:

It is vital that the Club comes first and instead of me being the focus, hopefully now the team and the Club can be the focus as we enter this final important period of the season.

It was an absolute privilege to be named manager of Celtic, such a wonderful football club, and I have enjoyed my time here immensely. I will never forget the welcome I received almost two years ago at Celtic Park from so many fans. When I joined Celtic I knew I was coming to one of the world’s great football clubs.

There have been some great times and I am delighted that we have brought some trophies to the Club.

I was delighted in my first year to bring our fans a League and Cup double and enjoy some European nights at Celtic Park, and I am pleased this season to be well in contention to win another Premiership title.

There have been some disappointments and times when we have not achieved what we had hoped for and I’m realistic and honest enough to admit that, but I know that the players, myself and my backroom team have always given everything we had to bring success to our supporters.

Deila is currently in his second season in charge at the Glasgow club and after winning the double last year, this was supposed to be another successful season.

However, it hasn’t worked out for the Norwegian and the club’s European form coupled with the loss to Rangers have seen him lose his job.

If Celtic win the title as expected, then Deila will have left the club with two titles and a Scottish League Cup after his short spell in charge.