Robbie Keane is back in the news, but it seems that the Celtic job might be too ‘stressful’ for him, thankfully…

Robbie Keane is living it up in Spain at the moment with his family.

Apparently, he has no interest in jumping back into the ‘constant stress’ of football management.

Although, he claims we ‘wouldn’t believe the opportunities he’s had’.

During an interview with Hungarian outlet, Nemzeti Sport, Keane stated he was exhausted from management.

Now, all of what he had to say should be music to the ears of Celtic fans.

Because if he doesn’t really like the stress and exhaustion that comes with football management, then it means the Celtic job would just be too much for him.

We all remember the stories circulating during the summer that Keane was the no.1 candidate for the job in Dermot Desmond’s eyes

It was also clear that the Celtic support didn’t want Keane near the club due to his previous employment.

For a while, it seemed as if Desmond was going to plough headlong into hiring the former Irish striker.

Then somehow, in a place where sanity seems to be in short supply, sanity prevailed at Celtic Park.

Somebody managed to talk sense to Desmond.

Personally, I’d like to meet the individual who managed that because that’s some achievement considering the state of our club right now.

Sanity is in short supply at Celtic Park, and has been for quite some time.

I’m guessing it was nepo-baby, as he’s probably the only one Desmond Snr. would listen to.

It’s safe to say we dodged a bullet in the summer when we avoided hiring Keane.

However, I think we can admit that based on the current state of things at Celtic, Martin O’Neill was not the current solution either.

With constant talk now doing the rounds regarding O’Neill’s future at Celtic, it was inevitable the media would attempt to shoehorn Robbie Keane’s name back into the managerial conversation

The Record did just that by finding the Keane story on Nemzeti Sport.

But as I said at the outset, Keane’s current aversion to stress and exhaustion would seem to rule him out.

Keane failed to win a one horse race in Hungary, coming into the most insane two horse race in European football might be a stretch too far for him.

When asked if he missed the day to day work of a coach, here’s what he said:

Absolutely not. Before I left Ferencvaros, I worked almost continuously for the past three years.

The coaching profession is such that you have to be sane twenty-four hours a day. Constant stress, tense nerves. Now it’s nice to rest.

I was exhausted. There are periods like that for a coach. Of course, when I decided to coach, I was aware of this.

In fact, my family also knows that it is not an easy life for a coach. There are certainly those who can work non-stop, who do not stress about their daily work, I am not like that. Now I have to let go of all the tension.

When I read all of that, it was literal music to my ears.

If that’s Keane’s mindset right now, then does anyone imagine he’s going to depart the sunny climes of Spain to come to a cold, pissy wet Glasgow, and sort our mess out?

Because when the managerial position at Celtic becomes vacant, which I’ve no doubt will happen sooner, rather than later, there will be one hell of a mess to clean up.

I don’t think that would fit into Robbie Keane’s current chill and stress free life in Spain.

Last night, on the Trinity Tims, Joe, myself, and special guest Tony from the 4 Tims podcast discussed the next 6 fixtures for Celtic.

We were all unanimous in our belief that the probable outcome of these fixtures won’t be positive.

And that it will most likely result in Martin O’Neill’s departure from the club.

Well, I talked about sanity earlier in this article, if results continue to decline, the sane thing would be to end this fatal experiment.

But we saw what happened with Neil Lennon during the Covid season.

Sanity certainly didn’t prevail then.

With an older and more cantankerous Dermot Desmond still calling the shots at Celtic Park, does anyone imagine it will prevail in the coming weeks and months?

Nah, I didn’t think so.

No doubt, Desmond will pick up the phone to Robbie Keane when the shit does eventually hit the fan.

And when the God King comes calling, you’d better pick up.

No doubt Keane will tell Desmond, in his pleasant lilting Dublin accent that things are too chill for him at the moment.

He’ll tell him he doesn’t need the stress of the Celtic job.

Then it all boils down to Desmond’s powers of persuasion.

This is why the media have shoehorned Keane back into the conversation.

They’re expecting that Desmond will call him again when the time comes.

Because we all know Desmond likes to settle scores.

We all know Desmond doesn’t like to be told what to do

The fact the Celtic fans got one over him during the summer will still be grating at him.

He’ll have been stewing since then.

Nobody tells Desmond what to do with his club.

In fact, I doubt even his caddy at the Dunhill open tells him what to do with his clubs.

Because Desmond likes to tell everybody that Celtic is his.

That’s the very reason we find ourselves in the mess we’re in today.

Thankfully, it looks like Robbie Keane won’t be part of that mess any time soon based on his recent interview.

Thank the Lord for small merices.

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