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Celtic majority shareholder Dermot Desmond has told Sky Sports News HQ the club expects to name Ronny Deilas successor within a week. Deila parted company with the Hoops on Sunday after leading the club two successive Scottish Premiership titles in his two years at Celtic Park. Ronny Deila paraded the Scottish Premiership trophy for the second time on Sunday The Norwegian felt the team had regressed during his second season in Scotland, losing in both domestic cup semi-finals and enduring a disastrous Europa League campaign after losing to Malmo in the Champions League qualifiers last August. Former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is among those being considered, while David Moyes, Neil Lennon and Roy Keane have been linked with the post.Malky Mackay is understood to have been interviewed and Desmond confirmed the club have been speaking to in excess of six as the Scottish champions look to get a new man in place as quickly as possible. Stuart Armstrong (4th left) scores the fourth goal in the 7-0 victory over Motherwell I can say we have talked to a lot of managers, all very good, we are excited about the candidates we have, Desmond said.And hopefully the next four or five days, maybe early next week I hope well be able to make an announcement if negotiations are concluded.Rodgers, 43, now appears to be the frontrunner, with Desmond admitting the former Liverpool boss is among those to have been interviewed.I cant tell a lie, Desmond told the BBC when asked whether the former Anfield boss is being considered. Hes a great manager. Hes proved it at Liverpool and I think hes a worthy candidate for Celtic - as all the other candidates are.However, the Irishman did indicate Celtic will not opt for an individual with a higher profile than Deila this time. Celtic majority shareholder Desmond hopes to appoint a new boss this week Weve spoken to a lot of managers, Desmond said. We like to think that Celtic is a very big club and it needs a great manager to manage such a big club, so were looking for that type of person.Deilas reign came to an end with a 7-0 thumping of Motherwell before Celtic were presented with the league trophy for the fifth year in a row.Ronny won two leagues, he added a lot to the club, and he found it difficult last year, which he admitted himself. But again, that eras over now.Ronny, we thank him for his efforts, and now were looking forward to the next manager building the club up to Champions League contenders.I think we need a good manager. Also See: Lambert: Brendan fit for Celtic Rodgers in running for Celtic Deilas reign ends in 7-0 romp Deila enjoys perfect send-off Custom Washington Nationals Nike Jerseys . The motion to expand the stadiums capacity passed through by a count of 39-3, with Toronto mayor Rob Ford being among those in opposition. Custom Atlanta Braves Nike Jerseys . 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He was back at practice Wednesday.TORONTO -- Marcus Stroman took care of the Kansas City Royals in the top of the first. The Toronto Blue Jays potent offence took care of the rest. Stroman, the 23-year-old Blue Jays first-round draft pick in 2012, was solid in his first Major League start and the Toronto offence scored early and often in a 12-2 victory Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre. "It feels great," Stroman said. "Anytime you get that kind of run support, its fun to pitch." After retiring the Royals in order in the first inning, the final two on strikes, Stroman sat as the Blue Jays scored seven runs in the bottom of the inning. The first eight Toronto batters reached base, a new club record. The Blue Jays stretched that lead to 11-1 after four innings in emphatically ending a two-game losing streak. "Its hard," Stroman said of the wait between his first and second inning. "But obviously youre not going to turn down seven runs. However long it takes the offence to keep mashing, Ill sit there all day. "This offence is so special. This lineup is like playing a video game." Stroman, who earlier in May made five appearances out of the Blue Jays bullpen, improved his record to 2-0 and saw his earned run average fall from 12.79 at the start of the day to 7.30. Stroman gave up five hits, struck out six and didnt issue a walk over six innings before 31,652 fans. Recalled from triple-A Buffalo Friday, the five-foot-nine right-hander threw 94 pitches, 63 of those for strikes. "I thought he was terrific," Toronto manager John Gibbons said of Stroman. "He got a bunch of strikeouts. He was attacking the (strike) zone, working fast. Doing all those things we expected. "That was his first start of the year and he showed us something. Were pretty impressed. It was a good bounce-back win for us." Juan Francisco had three hits and four runs batted in, Brett Lawrie of Langley, B.C., had two hits and three RBIs and Adam Lind added three hits and two RBIs as the American Leaguee East-leading Blue Jays pounded out 14 hits off four Kansas City pitchers.dddddddddddd. The Blue Jays (33-24) had won a season-high nine straight games before the Royals (26-29) won the first two games of the series Thursday and Friday. Toronto finished May with an American League-best 21-9 record. "Its been a huge month," Gibbons said. "In 2008, we won 20 games and had the best record in baseball and I got fired three weeks later," he quipped. "I always enjoy a good month but it means absolutely nothing in June." The Blue Jays, who were 0 for 10 with men in scoring position and stranded 14 runners in a 6-1 loss Friday, wasted few opportunities in the first inning against Kansas City right-hander Aaron Brooks. Brooks was making just his second career start and first since being recalled from triple-A Omaha. The Blue Jays, who lead Major League Baseball in home runs, scored all their runs without a homer Saturday. Toronto sent 12 men to the plate in the opening inning, the first eight of them reaching base. Each of the first five hitters scored and seven were in before Brooks (0-1) was given the rest of the afternoon off, getting just two outs and yielding five hits, three walks and two hit batters. Jose Bautista doubled in the first run and Franciscos ground-rule double plated two more to make it 5-0. Other than those two extra-base hits, the Blue Jays scored via small ball -- two RBI singles and a pair of bases-loaded walks -- to turn the game into a laugher before all the fans had settled into their seats. "It was good to let (Stroman) take a deep breath and just do what he does and throw all his pitches and let him relax a little bit," said Lind. After Kansas City cut the Toronto lead to 7-1 in the second, Lawries second RBI of the day made it 8-1 in the bottom of the inning. Lind, Lawrie and Francisco drove in runs in the fourth to make it 11-1. Todd Redmond gave up one run over three innings in relief of Stroman to earn his first save of the season. ' ' '