O'Neill 'best person' to meet Celtic's standards

[SNS] Former Celtic captain Paul Lambert believes Martin O'Neill "is the best person" to meet the club's expectations next season. However, Lambert says his former manager knows if he does not win regularly "all that goodwill will go out the window pretty quickly." Lambert starred for Celtic during during O'Neill's trophy-laden five-year spell in charge from 2000 and says his former boss' man-management of players is what makes him the best candidate right now. "That is his biggest strength, and he knows how to win and he knows Celtic must be a winning club, it can't be development and waiting for one or two months to get results - it is never going to work," he told BBC Scotland. O'Neill faces a busy summer as he looks to rebuild a squad which performed below expectations, and Lambert thinks the club's board will back the manager's decisions in the transfer market. "Knowing him the way I do, I don't think anybody will come through the door that he doesn't want," the former midfielder added. "I think he is strong enough. He knows he can stand up to any members of the board, they are so thankful for him coming in and doing it."