18 Aug 2023 17:36:30
So Brendan has shot down suggestions that we are in for Fraser and Podence. Thank goodness for that. I don't think at any point during this transfer window has the MSM been on point over who Celtic are going for until right at the end of negotiations. Long may it continue ?.

1.) 18 Aug 2023
18 Aug 2023 18:18:47
We still have a couple of weeks left of the transfer window.

I reckon the most Celtic have spent on wages with our new 7 signings is about £12K per week.

It’s looking like our recruitment team, are praying our projects will stand up to be counted.

2.) 18 Aug 2023
18 Aug 2023 18:36:27
It was good to read about how the transfer business is done and reads like Baby Lawwell is almost like a defacto Director of Football.
This is good if managers leave the football and scouting side won't be to disrupted.

3.) 18 Aug 2023
18 Aug 2023 19:06:17
Rodgers said he’s working with the players he’s been given, so has no say in them whatsoever then, the Fraser rumours are way off, whoever put them on rumours, he knows nothing, it’s seems a very strange way of managing he’s signed up for, in the recruitment team we trust.

{Ed007's Note - I thought Rodgers said he had nothing to say when asked about Podence and Fraser?}

4.) 18 Aug 2023
18 Aug 2023 19:48:49
It’s only because I thought Fraser was a definite, I was only trying to get 1 rumour right.

5.) 18 Aug 2023
18 Aug 2023 20:01:49
Poet
He didn't say he has no say in them whatsoever, he said he had a role the type of player and who suited his system and the scouting network had lists of players they had scouted over the last years/ months and we can then go straight after a player if someone leaves.
This is the way it should be at big clubs because we can then lose a manager/ coach without it disruping the whole club.

ED, you are correct in regards to what BR said about Fraser and Podence.
He was asked “There’s been speculation surrounding Daniel Podence at Wolves, is there anything to bring us up to speed on that?
And he answered No.

I took that as he had No update on the players, he never said we weren't interested in the players.

6.) 19 Aug 2023
18 Aug 2023 23:56:37
This is how most clubs operate the days of a manager jumping on a plane to go scout a player himself are king gone…. The manager and scouts will probably discuss I need a first pick centre half and the scouting team will have numerous options already scouted.

7.) 20 Aug 2023
20 Aug 2023 10:07:09
JB, absolutely correct on both counts, he just said he had nothing to say, not we are not interested.

He is part of a team around recruitment, he will advise on the type of player that suits his style of play and our team will identify players. He may have a say in who we ultimately make offers for but he doesn't need to, he will have trust in the people like baby L. That's how it should work and provide longevity even when a Manager leaves.