Q: Martin, just going to your position now, are you surprised to be here again for another press conference?
Martin O’Neill: “Well, the only one thing I would definitely guarantee, I’ll not be around for the next AGM, that is a certainty, which actually may be rearranged for next week again, so I will definitely not be around for that. And I may not even be around for that, around, around! This young man’s having a laugh, you know, it’s all right, very well. I wish I was your age again, young man. Nothing great about getting old, nothing great about it at all.
“Getting back to your point. I’m still here,, I’m probably a bit surprised that I am, I thought maybe something might have got sorted out in the international break, I think that there’s definitely progress being made in that field. Yeah, so, bad news, you know, I will not be around much longer! I don’t think it’ll be a surprise to me if they announce something about midnight tonight, you know, so I’m going to be there for the game tomorrow night.”
Celtic interim manager Martin O’Neill during the Premier League match between Celtic and Kilmarnock at Celtic Park on November 09, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Q: Have you managed to focus on the game tomorrow night, Martin, because obviously when the international break started, as you said, you thought maybe something might have changed?
Martin O’Neill: “Oh yeah, yeah, I just put my focus on it, on working and the understanding that I’m here until I’m told not to be, and yeah, but I’m actually still surprised, I must admit, but yeah, I’ll just focus on that.”
Q: What do you expect tomorrow night?
Martin O’Neill: “The very obvious, a really tough game, really tough game. I went to watch them against Hibs, and although they lost the game, there were some decisions that VAR… can anybody explain the VAR up here?”
Q: How long have you got?
Martin O’Neill: “Well, it depends which line you look at, doesn’t it really? That’s the job I want, it’s the job I want, just to be able to draw some crocked lines in some team I don’t want to win, and so, yeah, it’d be brilliant, I’d love it. Please, would you put me forward for that?
Q: Have you been given a definitive as to how long you will be in?
Martin O’Neill: “No, I think that things should hot up in the next year and a half. I’m kidding, that’s just a rubbish joke.
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