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SWEDISH minnows Falkenbergs last night insisted Henrik Larsson is not on the brink of a shock return to Parkhead to replace Neil Lennon as Celtic boss.

The club’s sporting director Hakan Nilsson spoke to Record Sport late last night after a flood of big-money bets forced bookies to suspend the betting on Larsson becoming the next manager of Celtic. The rumour mill in Scotland went into overdrive with punters convinced Lennon is on his way to Norwich with Falkenbergs gaffer Larsson heading back to Glasgow.

But Nilsson said: “There has been no contact from Celtic. There may be a lot of rumours in Scotland but nobody is talking about it in Sweden. I talk to Henrik every day but we have not spoken about the Celtic job.

“There are some clubs who are interested in Henrik but there has been nothing at all from Celtic. He is under contract with Falkenbergs and the only thing we are discussing right now is our plans for this season.”

Paddy Power temporarily suspended betting on the market yesterday after money piled in on Larsson while McBookie were forced to limit their exposure by making the Hoops legend odds-on to replace Lennon.

The Irishman is believed to have made Norwich’s short-list of three for the vacant manager’s job, alongside Malky Mackay and Gianfranco Zola.

Larsson, though, would be a surprise choice to replace his former Celtic team-mate in Glasgow given the 42-year-old Swede’s lack of experience.

He only took charge of Falkenbergs in December after a previous stint in charge of lower-league side Landskrona ended with a failed promotion bid in 2012.