Aiden McGeady has revealed John Kennedy tried to get him to rejoin Celtic during his time at Everton.
The Irishman left Parkhead back in 2010 for Spartak Moscow.
Having spent four years in Russia, McGeady was tempted to the Premier League in England with the Toffees offering him a deal to play at Goodison Park.
Game time was fairly limited for the player there, though, and there had been speculation linking him with a loan move out of Everton and away to somewhere else in England.
But McGeady has recently explained that Kennedy - while Ronny Deila was boss - contacted his old teammate to sound out any interest in a potential shock return to Glasgow.
Speaking on the Press Box podcast, McGeady explained: "There was a possibility for me to rejoin Celtic actually.
“It was when I was at Everton where I was in and out of the team and Ronny Deila was the manager.
“John Kennedy actually phoned me and asked if I fancied going back, I can’t remember if it was on loan or permanent.
"But I had only been an Everton less than a year and had it in the back of my head that I didn’t want to go back then as I thought I would play for Everton at some point.
“After that, the opportunity never appeared again. Deila got sacked, Brendan Rodgers came in and for whatever reason he wanted to go down a different route.
“I had it in my head when I was younger that I wanted to come back to Celtic one day and finishing my career there would’ve been the ideal scenario.
“But it just didn’t happen and it won’t now as it’s not happened yet I don’t think.
“When I left Peter Lawwell said ‘never say never in football’ about going back one day.
“I don’t know if I would play for another team in Scotland, football is a funny game and things can change.
“I don’t want to come across as disrespectful but I want to play in England for as long as I can.
“I would like to say yes to coming back up and finishing my career in Scotland and living in Glasgow but it might not be what the clubs that would want me would want.”
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