Embattled Celtic boss Nancy says he has 'nothing to prove'
Wilfried Nancy says he has nothing to prove to anyone, despite making a losing start to life with Celtic.
The Frenchman became the first Celtic boss to lose his opening two matches in charge after suffering defeats to Hearts and Roma in the Scottish Premiership and the Europa League, respectively.
Celtic then followed that up with a 3-1 loss to St Mirren in the Scottish League Cup final as it failed to defend its title.
Nancy took over in early December, stepping in after interim boss Martin O'Neill won seven of his eight matches in charge of the club, boasting an 87.5 percent win rate in his second spell.
Celtic is second in the league, six points behind leader Hearts, though it has played two fewer games, and Nancy remains confident his side can turn around its fortunes.
"I'm very grateful with the people that I work with," Nancy said. "They know why I am here; they protect me, they know what I want to do for the club.
"They know where we are at this moment, and we knew this moment could happen.
"There are bumps. Obviously, I would have preferred the opposite. But the club, the people within the club, the board and everyone has been spot on."
Celtic travels to Dundee United on Thursday as it looks to get back to winning ways, and it is unbeaten in its last 23 meetings against them in all competitions (W18 D5).
The Bhoys have won their last two away league games but have not won more in a row on the road since December 2024.
Nancy is determined to block out the noise surrounding him, but stressed that he is just "a human being" who can be affected by the criticism.
"The only thing that I know is I receive a lot of messages from my family to ask me if I'm OK," he said. "So it means that maybe I get killed, but it's OK.
"Don't forget I come from Europe, so I know the way it works and, to be fair, in the MLS it is the same – not with same intensity obviously.
"The fans, the media, you don't have results, this is normal. You might think I am crazy, but I am embracing this adversity because I know I'm getting better.
"I don't have to prove anything to anybody, simple as that. I just have to be coherent with my team and to do my job as best as I can, and after that, it will be more positive."
