The names have come thick and fast this week in connection with Ronny Deila’s job and while on one level you can appreciate how difficult a position that puts the Norwegian in, the hard fact is that it also goes with the territory at Celtic.

And, if there was any issue with the speculation being a problem then a simple confirmation from the club that Deila will still be the man in charge next season would put paid to any more chat about who the next manager will be.

As we all know, that hasn’t happened.

I fully expect that what will come at the end of the season is a review of the season and there will be a decision made over the manager’s future at that time.

The crux of the matter is the question about whether or not Deila is the man to take the club into the group stages of the Uefa Champions League again.

Even if the board decide that the best option is to stick with him, I would suggest that the consensus among the support now is that a change is required.

And it can be very difficult to come back from that once a decision has been made.

We have essentially seen four candidates listed for the Celtic job - Neil Lennon, Davie Moyes, Malky MacKay and Michael O’Neill.

The latter has just signed a four-year extension with Northern Ireland and while you never know in football, I would suggest that he sees himself there for the foreseeable future.

I am not sure Lennon would fancy a return to Celtic but, again, you just never know.

But, judging by his comments this week, it looks like Moyes would – and right now he is the candidate who ticks all the boxes for Celtic.

I was in charge at Celtic and let Davie go as a player, but in retrospect I am sure that he would agree with me now that it was a move that was the best decision for both parties.

He could be ready now to come back to the club in a managerial capacity. There was a time when it looked unlikely, but what he may now see Celtic as is an opportunity to rebuild his reputation after what has happened in the last few years.

I actually feel as though he was not given enough time at Manchester United to show what he could do and I think most people would agree that what he achieved during his time as Everton manager was impressive.

Taking over the United job immediately after Sir Alex Ferguson was always going to be a hugely difficult task and I do think that he deserved longer to get it right.

The Real Sociedad job did not work out the way he would have liked, but I still think that he is an appointment that would be welcomed across the board at Celtic.

MacKay I think might find that the off-field issues that went on with him a few years ago are difficult to break away from.

I know Malky, he is a smashing guy and has a good reputation as a manager, but I am not sure how easy it is in the modern day to get away from the controversy he was involved in.

Another guy who has been mentioned again is Roy Keane. By all accounts, he was sounded out a few years back and didn’t want it so I am not sure if that will have changed.

He is a very single-minded character and probably not everyone’s cup of tea, although I have to say that I still think of all the names that have come to the fore lately that Moyes is the obvious one for me.

I do appreciate that it makes life very uncomfortable when you are in a job and all around you is talk of who will be your replacement.

It is tough but it goes on all the time – Manuel Pellegrini knows that he will be out of Manchester City this summer with Pep Guardiola coming to take over the reigns.

He has went about his business as usual even with that going on around him and it quite a European thing whereby a manager can know that he will be leaving a club at the end of an existing campaign with someone else in line to assume control.

Certainly, there is nothing decided just yet at Celtic but when it has been a season such as this one then it is inevitable that there will be speculation about what is going to happen next.