Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon believes Roy Keane would be a success if he took charge at the Scottish champions this summer.

Keane's name has been strongly linked with the position since Ronny Deila revealed that he would be leaving at the end of the season, though he is currently assistant to Martin O'Neill with Republic of Ireland, who travel to the European Championships in June.

Gordon worked under Keane at Sunderland and knows the former Manchester United player's working methods. Asked if Keane was "Celtic manager material", he said: "Why not?

"I don't want to single anybody out and talk about any one candidate. That's for once the games are finished with but certainly I've had him as a manager before.

"I know how he liked things to run at Sunderland and if he was appointed then I'm sure he would do well and would be successful.

"He's hard but fair. What you see is really what you get. With Roy Keane, he was an aggressive player who wanted to win every match and from what I've seen he's exactly the same as a manager."

David Moyes and Brendan Rogers have also been mentioned as possible candidates for the role and Gordon said it was no surprise that high-profile names were being mentioned in connection with the club.

"All the names that have been mentioned have got, in some way, a really good pedigree or a good chance of getting the job," he said. "It's a really good job for anybody.

"It's a big club, a massive club so it's no surprise that there's big names getting talked about.

"There are a lot of good managers out there who would see Celtic as being a really big job and a good prospect of going on and dong something really special, winning trophies and being in European competitions.

"There's not that many clubs in Britain that are capable of doing that so it's no surprise that some big names are getting linked with the job."