COME BACK AND SAVE ME MOGGA; Forgotten Celt killen desperate to link up with old Hibs gaffer.

Byline: David McCarthy 

CHRIS KILLEN has begged Tony Mowbray to take the Celtic job and save him from the Parkhead scrapheap.

The striker, frozen out under Gordon Strachan, is delighted that the West Brom boss is edging closer to the post.

Killen made his name in the SPL under Mowbray and a return to Glasgow for the gaffer has lifted his morale and opened the door for a Hoops revival.

Killen said: "He is the right guy to take Celtic forward. The fans will love the style of football he likes to play."

Celtic's plans to make Mowbray their new boss received a boost last night after it was claimed his relationship with West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace has moved to an all-time low.

As Record Sport revealed yesterday, the ex-Hibs boss has met with a delegation from Parkhead to discuss the job even though the Midlands club maintain they have not had an official approach.

And it has been alleged that Mowbray has fallen out with his chairman over a number of events, suggesting he could walk away and the Hawthorns chief wouldn't stand in his way.

Sources down south say the ex-Middlesbrough, Ipswich and Celtic defender was upset when told he would have to cut his top-team squad from 31 to 20, having been relegated from the Premiership.

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JOY BHOY: Chris Killen is delighted that Tony Mowbray is on the short-list for the Celtic job