DONEGAL sports legend Packie Bonner says he believes Jim McGuinness will join Celtic as a youth coach and retain his role as Donegal GAA manager.
The ex-Celtic goalie and Ireland international – and former Donegal GAA player — was asked if he believed Celtic will persuade Jim to join them and replied: “I think it’s going to happen.”
He went on: “It’s all up probably to Jim McGuinness and whether he wants to leave and go over there to work and whether he can do it part-time.
“A job where he can go over there, and when the Donegal games come up he can still keep that role — he might fancy that one.
“What an opportunity for him — to see can he transfer what he has and the fitness and the psychology bit into a professional soccer club.
“It would be a great experience to see does it actually work and my advice would be for him to go for it.”
Former Donegal manager Brian McEniff, who took the county to its first All-Ireland success in 1992, says he believes McGuinness can do both jobs – part-time paid job at Celtic and his voluntary role as Donegal manager.
Celtic fan Brian said: “Jim has done a wonderful job for Donegal and I am very proud of him. I rate him very highly, not just as a football man but as a person.
“He definitely has the skills to do something in other sports.
“Whether he could juggle two balls between Donegal and Celtic is the question — but if anyone can do it, he can.
“But while I am a big fan of Celtic, I’d prefer to see Jim McGuinness stay in Donegal.”
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