Celtic are actively preparing for the January transfer window and beyond as Brendan Rodgers and his recruitment team target key areas to strengthen the squad.
Stressing the importance of forward-thinking, Rodgers has outlined the club’s ongoing efforts to ensure sustained success through a blend of strategic planning and data-driven scouting.
Speaking about the club’s transfer strategy, Rodgers stressed the need for constant preparation:
“The recruitment team have been quite busy, yeah,” Rodgers told Celtic TV.
“It’s always ongoing, isn’t it?
“Even if we’re not just looking for January, it’s beyond.
“We get meetings this afternoon around our young players and looking at that strategy.
“So it’s ongoing.
“I always say you can’t wait for the future to plan for the future. You’ve got to be looking at it now to look forward, and the club’s in a great place, we’re in a great moment, but we have to always look forward.
‘That is a part of his role, to oversee that and to make sure that we are in the best possible position as a football club to grow that department in order to get the best players in, so that we can perform.”
Reports suggest Celtic are prioritising two specific positions in January – a left winger and a third striker.
With Daizen Maeda the first choice and Luis Palma is well down the pecking order, leaving the left flank with no depth or options.
Kyogo Furuhashi and Adam Idah have been great this season, but Celtic are keen to recruit a promising forward who can grow within the club’s system.
Under of Paul Tisdale, Celtic’s new Head of Football Operations, the recruitment team will likely adopt a modern, data-driven approach. Combining statistical analysis with traditional scouting, Tisdale’s department ensures potential signings align with Celtic’s style of play as well as looking forward.
As the transfer window approaches, Celtic’s focus should remain on quality over quantity.
Celtic weren’t afraid to spend big in the summer; it’ll be interesting to see if the same trend continues into January and beyond.
Our record buy is lost his confidence or is trying to hard he will be a good signing it just takes time we need a left back Taylor energy is good but his passing forward 1good pass in 5 not good and 85 percent off passes are back when valle came on bernardo came on we started controlling the ball they were not frighten to hold it even go buy a player forward pass rate went up