Neil Lennon has explained the recruitment process at Celtic and says every signing goes through several stages to ensure the club is getting value for money in the transfer market.
Celtic have signed three in the summer transfer window to date, acquiring Adam Matthews, Kelvin Wilson and Victor Wanyama.
The club’s scouting network, headed up by John Park, has already won praise for the discoveries of Beram Kayal and Emilio Izaguirre from Israel and Honduras respectively last summer, with both impressing in their debut seasons and attracting interest from England and abroad.
With a tight budget to work to, uncovering players in seldom-tapped markets is Celtic’s policy and Lennon has outlined how the likes of Izaguirre came to sign for the club.
“We go and try and find the diamonds that maybe get overlooked,” Lennon explained in an interview with newstalk.ie. “We certainly found a couple last year in the likes of Gary Hooper, Beram Kayal, Emilio Izaguirre and Kris Commons. It's difficult to replicate that but we'll keep pursuing those markets.
“With a modern club like ourselves, we have a great recruitment office where [I can say] the type of player I am looking for. So I will go in and say, for example with Izaguirre: 'I am looking for a left back'.
“Then our recruitment team come up with three or four options. That may be from players they've seen themselves, or have been recommended by an agent.
“Then we go and do some homework and research on the player. We look at DVDs and then go and watch them in person.
“Then the buck stops with me. The backroom staff and myself have to say yes or no. That's the process that goes on 12 months of the year, 24 hours of the day.
“We've options in three or four positions but obviously you have to work within a certain budget as well. And you have to think: 'will these players make the team or the squad better?' If they do, you try and go get him.”
Lennon missed out on the signings of David James, Sol Campbell and Jimmy Bullard last summer, with the established trio electing to remain in England instead of moving to the SPL.
Those knockbacks paved the way for the club to look elsewhere and the Celtic boss says a different approach is essential.
“I think we are more of an attractive proposition than we were this time last year,” he said. “But in terms of the markets we find it difficult to compete with the English Premier League teams because we don't get the same revenue.
“These clubs get £30 million a year just for being in the Premier League from TV money, whereas ourselves we only get £1 to 2 million. So we are always playing catch-up and it is difficult to compete with the wages.
“[To compete] we would put ourselves in a huge amount of debt and, from a business point of view, we don't want to go there.”
http://sport.stv.tv/football/scotti...cy/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
So how does bellamy fit into this is what im wondering ? :54:
Discuss Neil Lennon explains Celtic's recruitment policy in the Celtic Chat area at TalkCeltic.net.
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From that piece, looks like the Bellamy deal would be unlikely then.
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I like the way our club works, but it would be better if they were a bit less tight with the cash
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Wouldnt say so as he's already proven at the highest level. Whereas izzy and Kayal were a gamble that's payed off.
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Should use FM, like the rest of us.
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Or at least jump on some FM forums to find out the wonderkids.
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Bellamy wont be coming unless he takes a step down or two
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Full interview on http://www.newstalk.ie/programmes/schedule/?day=tuesday
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That's a long slippery road to ending up like rangers. I like the way our club works now.
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Aye it was down to Tony we have it set up here. -
I like where the club is right now. Neil is the right man for the job. Looking forward to seeing what players we pick up.
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In Lenny I trust!!!!!!!!! he has nothing but the good of Celtic FC in mind for now and the future, I for one am quite happy the way our recruitment and club is run.
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Utter foolishness. :38:
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Wit are you talking about?:rolleyes:
There's loads of players we weren't willing to pay the extra 100k for and they're now in a sense regrets, for e.g Steven Fletcher has turned out a great player for wolves. -
We spend enough. The club isn't in Europe and we're in debt.
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Not necessarily.
Lawwell has, in the past, insisted that when it comes to players like Bellamy that we have to be "creative" in finding a way to sign these guys. If we can do that then we'll sign them. -
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He's already said he doesn't want to sign Bellamy?
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Nah, all Lennon has said this year on Bellamy is that it's "speculation".
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Hibs were approached for Fletcher but were told by Rod Petrie that he would not be selling him to any Scottish club
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