Celtic boss Martin O'Neill 'much better' after hospital procedure

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/o-neill-martin/82l54I96/"]O'Neill[/a] was away from the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/celtic/QFKRRD8M/"]Celtic[/a] squad for several days as a result of the "small" procedure.[/p][p]The 74-year-old spent a night in hospital and was unable to attend the Scottish champions' 5-1 victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kilmarnock/jX8ezy7G/"]Kilmarnock[/a] on Sunday, although he did deliver a pre-match team-talk at the players' hotel.[/p][p][b]Asked how he was feeling, the former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hearts/0rGrwwNc/"]Republic of Ireland[/a] manager told Celtic's website: "Much better than last week anyway. Yeah, a couple of ailments rolled into one, unfortunately, but I'm getting there, which is good news."[/b][/p][p]O'Neill led Celtic to the Scottish title and the Scottish Cup last season in his second of two spells as interim boss during a turbulent campaign for the Glasgow club.[/p][p]Aiming for a 15th title in the last 16 seasons, Celtic have been criticised by their fans for a lack of spending on new signings.[/p][p]But O'Neill has a third recruit since the end of last season following the arrival on Wednesday of Egypt winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hassan-haissem/GODeIoHH/"]Haissem Hassan[/a] from Spanish side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-oviedo/SzYzw34K/"]Real Oviedo[/a].[/p][embed guid="f907dfb1-a7ee-4136-a9e8-90dd58fdde34" url="https://x.com/CelticFC/status/2087626426736316687" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"We’d been tracking him in January time. We have been chasing him, a number of players, in that sort of position that we feel as if they will add something to us. And he very, very much fitted the bill," O'Neill said.[/b][/p][p][b]"When he gets to see the surrounds here, I just think he'll glow. Going past players now is a sort of a dying art, which is really almost unforgivable in football. That's what fans get excited."[/b][/p]