O'Neill: I won't go to Spurs
Celtic manager Martin O'Neill today erased his name from the list of candidates for the vacant Tottenham job.
The Northern Irishman was linked with the White Hart Lane position within hours of Glenn Hoddle's sacking on Sunday night.
O'Neill signed a rolling contract last season and he insists he is happy to stay with his Champions League competitors unless chairman Brian Quinn has other ideas.
He said: "Four months into the job my future was under scrutiny and has remained so.
"But after three years and three or four months I am still here battling away and battling my hardest to keep this job.
"It is difficult at the best of times and almost impossible at the worst times so on I will go.
"I am delighted to be here for the Champions League match on Tuesday unless Brian Quinn tells me something different between now and then and we have an extraordinary defeat against Hibs. I am hoping we can go right through the competition for as long as possible.
"I can't stop the speculation, but I am absolutely delighted to be in the hotseat."
A number of big names have been linked with the job, including Rangers manager Alex McLeish, while former Chelsea manager Gianluca Vialli has now put his name forward.
"Alex's name was mentioned a week ago as a strong favourite to get the job and has now signed a contract which puts him out of the reckoning," explained O'Neill.
"(Gianluca) Vialli has put himself forward and we could go on speculating from now until eternity.
"By talking about speculation then we could go on and insult other clubs when I am not being considered.
"I want to be talking about this club and I am really happy to be in this job.
"We have been doing fine and last season we ended up being really disappointed but it was a memorable year.
"We look at those things and now we want to try and progress in Europe and capture the league again."
