O’Neill denies United plot claim

CELTIC manager Martin O’Neill has denied plotting a switch to Manchester United with major shareholder Dermot Desmond.

O'Neill has been linked to a possible takeover of Old Trafford by a group of Irish financiers dubbed by the British media as The Coolmore Mafia, which includes John Magnier and JP

McManus. Desmond's close links with Sir Alex Ferguson have spawned speculation that such a move would also see Ferguson becoming chairman and O'Neill taking over team affairs.