Former Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna has detailed his future plans amid ongoing speculation that he could be Celtic bound.
McKenna guided Ipswich to promotion back to the Premier League last season, with the club ultimately making an immediate return to the top flight by finishing second in the table.
Immediately following the success however the club announced that he would step down as head coach after five seasons at Portman Road to take a break from management.
Just months later however, McKenna has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Martin O'Neill at Celtic.
O'Neill has come under pressure in recent weeks despite the Bhoys currently sitting top of the Scottish Premiership.
A 3-1 defeat by Ferencvaros in their Europa League opener was sandwiched between back-to-back losses to their bitter rivals Rangers, first in the Scottish League Cup quarter final and then in the league.
Given his impressive managerial pedigree McKenna could well be the man to replace O'Neill at Celtic Park, but in a recent interview he was quick to insist that he has no immediate plans to return to the dugout.
"I’m certainly in no rush," McKenna told The Guardian.
"I’m enjoying the time I’m having and hopefully an opportunity will come along that’s right. I have an idea what that would feel like but football doesn’t always follow your plan."
He continued: "I’m always going to want to be somewhere where I can improve players, play attacking football and win games.
"But beyond that I’m a manager who wants to enjoy having that connection with a club, a community, trying to build something memorable.
"It was a really special opportunity at Ipswich and you want to do that again in your career. But you have to be ready to come in somewhere and get some short-term success as well."
The 40-year-old is a lifelong supporter of the club and had previously been linked with the vacant managerial position following Brendan Rodgers' departure last year.
Should he ultimately be handed the reins he would become the first English-born manager to take charge of Celtic since Tony Mowbray's brief stint as boss came to an end in 2010.
