Virgo says time not right for Postecoglou

ADAM VIRGO insists the time isn’t right for Ange Postecoglou to be considering a move away from Celtic.

The Parkhead manager has been touted as a candidate to replace Graham Potter at Brighton but former Seagulls and Celtic defender Virgo is sure this won’t be Postecoglou’s last Premier League link.

But he suspects the Greek-Australian won’t welcome the speculation 15 months into his Parkhead reign and with plenty more improvement to come from his exhilarating side.

Virgo said: “Do well at Celtic and you’ll be recognised as a target for other clubs, like Brendan Rodgers was. If you win the league and are managing at Champions League level, you’re always going to be linked.

“You saw with Neil Lennon and my Celtic manager Gordon Strachan that others feel they’ve taken the club as far as they can. Neil, if I remember rightly, felt there were issues off the field in terms of transfer policies. It felt like he’d come to the end of his spell first time round. Gordon was the same, probably thinking he’d taken Celtic as far as possible having won titles and been in the Champions League knockouts.

“There came a stepping stone for Brendan to move after winning those trebles. But for the manager now, Ange isn’t an unknown more because people know who he is. He’s doing a really good job. But I think he’d still feel a move would come too early for him. He can still learn as a manager taking Celtic through the Champions League.

“It’s a tough one to leave if he was offered the job. He’s still got a couple more seasons left in him to build a side, build a reputation as a manager and get the timing right of when he moves on. It would be a surprise if he ended up at Brighton.’