FORMER STV journalist Peter Smith has dropped the bombshell Rafa Benitez actually asked around about the Celtic job over the past month when he was being heavily linked with a move to the club.
Neil Lennon was offered the job minutes after landing the Scottish Cup final and the treble treble for the bhoys ending any speculation. However, it would appear the rumours caught the eye of the Spaniard who asked a former Ibrox scout about the Celtic job.
Peter Smith then made it clear Rafa had held no talks with Celtic over the vacant managerial position but it would be a job he WOULD consider in the future.
He told me there were no talks held with Celtic, but he was very aware of being linked with the job.
— Peter A Smith (@PeterAdamSmith) June 2, 2019
Neil Lennon is the man of the moment and the Celtic fans are backing their man but a comment like this and you think what could have been for sure.
Celtic admitted they made no approach for any manager other than Neil Lennon, which is both negligent and doing Neil Lennon a disservice.
Rafa doesn’t have his future sorted yet and you can be sure while Peter Lawwell is the man in charge he would not want a manager in charge who pushes his chief executives to the limit with regards to a playing budget.
