This is a job for Super Martin

There can never have been a league title won against a background of full scale mutiny among the successful club's fan base.

Not even in Scotland where, long ago, the game gave way to a madness that provided stories which compensated for the gradual decline in the football being sold to the paying public.

There was the infamous day when Celtic's then captain, Tom Boyd, and the club's then owner, Fergus McCann, were audibly booed as they tried to perform athe ceremony of unfurling a league flag.

But that was at least a show of dissent put on hold until after the deed was done.

Celtic are possibly one game away from securing the club's fifth successive league championship and what do we have?

The manager's working his notice in a hostile environment. The Chief Executive is being openly hounded by the fans and the principal shareholder, a twenty-two year long provider of funds for the club, is being vilified at the same time.

How would you like to sort that lot out at the same time as re-organising a squad that has been declared unfit for purpose by the same mutinous crowd who turned Celtic Park into the scene of a formal protest against all and sundry on Sunday afternoon?

And those who were there to see the game against Ross County were, let's not forget, the diehards who still go to matches there.

The more discerning long ago took a look at what was going on and made the decision to go for non-attendance rather than annoy, or sadden, themselves.

I thought Deila would be allowed to bid a civilised farewell to the club he was mistakenly put in charge of almost two years ago, but it would seem that is not to be the case. He could hardly come out for one last "Ronny Roar" when the disconnect between the club and its fans has hit an all-time low.

The only question worth asking, and most in need of being answered, is who could possibly unite a support divided by the way their club is being run ?

David Moyes would have the stature to take over team affairs, but would he be put off by the realisation that he might not have charisma enough to be the Messianic figure the club needs to becalm tens of thousands of disaffected supporters and have them storming the ticket office to re-new season ticket books ?

Roy Keane ? He was honest enough to tell Celtic once before that he was no longer fit enough to go on taking a wage from them as a player.

Would he be equally honest with himself and concede that he doesn't actually have the managerial reputation that would make him a certainty to steer Celtic through the storm that presently engulfs the club ?

The idea of Henrik Larsson being given the job is based on the romantic and totally unrealistic notion that a once God-like figure for the fans would have the managerial skill set to make everything all right again.

Neil Lennon ? He could win the race by default but wouldn't be the unanimous choice of the people who have to be convinced that they should realign themselves with the club they support.

The same goes for any of the other names who have thrown their hat into the ring for the job of replacing Deila.

If it's a Messianic figure you're looking for then there's only one man whose name would provoke no argument, Martin O'Neill. The question is could he be tempted back to the club where he won hearts and minds at the start of the Millennium ?

The answer to that may be, can Celtic afford not to find out if Martin can be bothered transforming Celtic for a second time.

The job description has changed after the weekend. Once it was about rectifying Ronny's mistakes on the field. Now there's a fight on off the park as well.

The Celtic family has become dysfunctional at the same time as Rangers have re-emerged from years in the wilderness looking like they can shift the balance of power within Glasgow and therefore Scottish football as a whole.

The Rangers supporters can barely believe their luck as the fans who once tormented and taunted them turn on Celtic, it's players, management and officials.

Ibrox now has stable management from top to bottom and the only danger confronting them is that one day somebody south of the border attempts to lure Mark Warburton back home.

Celtic have a lame duck manager who must now be counting the days until he can go back to Scandanavia and reflect on two, tumultuous years in Glasgow.

They also have a de facto owner, Dermot Desmond, who needs to take the closest look he's had at his investment for years, and a Chief Executive who will never be forgiven if the next managerial appointment isn't the right one.

It'll have to be a very broad pair of managerial shoulders to carry the burden of quelling a rebellion in the stands and sorting out the mess Deila is leaving behind in the dressing room.

The last bit can't be argued over, incidentally, when the fans' banners at the weekend spoke of of "Empty jerseys."

If Michael O'Neill took over, as has been suggested as a possible development, would he be allowed to put his imprint on the club without the danger of interference ?

The same could not possibly be said of Martin O'Neill. He could only return as the father of the club, the saviour of the team and the undisputed leader of the fans and the boardroom.

Under the circumstances as they prevail at the moment, how could he not be asked if he fancied buffing up his reputation as a Celtic icon ?