Gordon Strachan Appointment Confirmed As Celtic Reveal Details Of Short-Term Role

Celtic have this evening announced the appointment of Gordon Strachan on a 3-month consultancy project.

In a statement put up on the club’s website this evening, more details of his role were announced after rumours emerged earlier that he would be making a return to the club.

It stated: “Celtic Football Club is delighted today to announce that Gordon Strachan will be joining the Club on a 3-month consultancy project.

“Gordon will spend his time looking at our activities within our Football Academy, our Women’s Team and newly established B Team, with a view to providing recommendations to Chief Executive Dom McKay on how we can develop these areas further, feeding into wider work ongoing across the Club.

“Under Chris McCart, Our Football Academy continues to operate really well as it has done for a number of years, delivering quality players who have ultimately contributed so much to the Celtic First Team.  Currently, the first team squad features players such as Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Stephen Welsh and Mikey Johnston, who have all come through the ranks.

“Likewise, our women’s team goes from strength to strength, achieving Champions League status for the first time this year, under the fantastic stewardship of Fran Alonso, and our B Team looks towards a bright future.”

So despite some reports suggesting that Strachan will lend his experience to new boss Ange Postecoglou, that appears not to be the case.

Instead, the former Celtic and Scotland National team boss will be taking a closer look at the ongoings within the club’s youth and women’s setup as new CEO Dom McKay looks to revamp how things work behind the scenes.

It is also suggested that Strachan will be keeping his current role as Technical Director at fellow Scottish Premiership side Dundee. So, this doesn’t appear to be anything long-term at this stage.

Of course, things can change, but at the moment, Strachan’s main role is to play his part in helping the club revamp these systems behind the scenes.