One name stands out of all the people who have thrown their tuppenceworth into the debate surrounding the future of Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou - Kenny Dalglish.

The very first interview that the Australian gave when he assumed the managerial role at Celtic was to extol the virtues of the King.

The 57-year-old is a self-confessed Liverpool fan and grew up admiring the derring-do of the great Reds teams of the late 1970s and 1980s.

Dalglish is revered on Merseyside and in Glasgow's East End. King Kenny has gravitas.

When he speaks people tend to listen.

I wonder if Postecoglou read Dalglish's thoughts on whether the Aussie would jump ship from Celtic at this juncture to join Leicester City.

Brendan Rodgers is still in a job with the Foxes for those who weren't aware of that. There appear to be plenty of those types around.

Just because the self-proclaimed greatest league in the world bats its eyelashes it does not necessarily equate that there will be a budding romance between the suitor and their intended love interest.

Postecoglou, it seems, is now on everybody's shopping list.

Brighton a fortnight ago, Leicester in the last week or so, this week delete club name as appropriate.

Nobody can deny that Postecoglous is doing an excellent job at Celtic.

The whispers in the English Premier League are now a murmur and before long they will reach a crescendo.

King Kenny knows all about jumping off the platform and boarding the train heading south of the border at the right time.

He did it when he quit Paradise for Anfield in the summer of 1977.

In the words of Echo and the Bunnymen: "Hating all the faking and shaking while your breaking my brittle heart."

By the summer of 1978, King Kenny had won the European Cup as he scored the winning goal at Wembley.

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Dalglish had timed his run to perfection. Postecoglou has to do likewise.

That's why it was interesting to read these words from Dalglish at the weekend: "Now he still being mentioned in England as a contender for the Leicester City job, should there be a parting of the ways with Brendan Rodgers. For me, though, that is a non-starter.

"Why would Ange want to leave Celtic to go there? Why would he leave a Champions League club for a team that may well end up fighting a relegation battle in the Premier League? So I would doubt that Ange would have a club such as Leicester City on his radar. He has rebuilt Celtic. The fans love him, and he loves the fans. It would take something special to break up that relationship."

Dalglish has cut right through to the heart of the matter there. Postecoglou has rebuilt Celtic and the "beautiful house" is nowhere near completion.

If he continues to be as successful in his management career then an abundance of opportunities no doubt will come his way sooner rather than later.

The Aussie though is still "Living the Dream" managing Celtic in the Champions League. He is going to be a contender for many jobs between now and the end of his Celtic managerial tenure. That is the nature of the football beast.

However, Dalglish has perhaps offered Postecoglou the wisest counsel of all in the clamour for those desperate to have their say on where Postecoglou's next port of call may be.

If, and it is a big if at this juncture, a top-six club does come calling in the meantime the Aussie and Celtic will have a decision to make.

The minnows are hovering but it won't be long until the cash-rich vultures are circling. That's why it was even less of a surprise to also read that Postecoglou and Celtic are in the throes of thrashing out a longer-term deal to supersede the Aussie's current one-year rolling contract.

Celtic are protecting both themselves and their prized asset as further down the line the club will no doubt want to claim a top dollar for their man just as they did when Brendan Rodgers vacated the premises. If it suits both parties then it is the ultimate no-brainer.

Postecoglou will leave Celtic one day. That is what's known as a certainty.

Just like Dalglish before him, the Aussie will know when the time is right.

It was my five-year-old brittle heart that got broken back in 1977.

It may well be my fifty-something swinging brick this time around when Postecoglou does decide to call it quits at Celtic.

Again in the words of Echo & The Bunnymen, it would simply be time to "Bring on the new Messiah, wherever he may roam".

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