We know what we need. We’ve always known what we need. My focus is really with the players who are here. Hopefully we can strengthen the squad over the coming weeks.
That’s why you want to get in not just a player but the right player who can elevate you and the team’s game and that he’s a sufficient level. It will allow you to improve. That’s absolutely key.
There are definitely certain positions that we’d like to have finalised sooner rather than later. Ideally, if we can do that then great but what’s really important for us this summer is getting the level of quality that I want into the squad.
It’s one of our big targets this season We want to see if we can get into those play-off phases and for that obviously with so many games, so many challenges in this season for us, we want to improve the squad.
There was no need for Johannes Thorup to mention that Idah had missed the team flight to Austria, that could easily have been kept in-house but by going public he painted a target on the striker’s back that pushed Idah closer to the exit door- sign posted Glasgow.
With some fans starting to get restless and fearing a fifth successive wasted transfer window it seems that the club is feeling under pressure with a warning sent out by the ever reliable McGowan of the Daily Mail.
In the absence of any known Recruitment Team Nicholson and McKay are tasked with improving the playing squad to give Rodgers a fighting chance of competing in Europe with last season’s dead-rubber win over Feyenoord highlighting how far Celtic have fallen on that stage.
The Board’s commitment is to strengthen and improve the playing squad in every transfer window and although resources were available, we were unable to further add to the squad due to the unavailability of identified targets.
It’s very difficult for a club of this size to have three top strikers. You can live with two because we play so many games and the specific nature of them means we can change it about.
I mentioned before about getting at least a couple in before we go to America. That’s still the idea.