CELTIC fans should expect a much quieter summer after a flurry of activity over the past two transfer windows, with manager Ange Postecoglou hoping to be sunning himself on a beach rather than fielding calls from agents.
The Celtic manager says he is ready for any eventuality during the next window despite now being happy with his squad, acknowledging that some of his players may be targets for other clubs given their current fine form.
But he has guaranteed there won't be the same level of churn that there was when he first arrived at the club last June, with the vast majority of players brought in during that frantic recruitment drive hitting the ground running.
“Mate, I’m hoping to be sitting beside a beach doing nothing this summer having worked it all out!" Postecoglou said.
“There’s always challenges. Sometimes the more success you have, you may have more players leaving in the summer. You just don’t know.
“But I definitely know that it won’t be as significant or as big a rebuild as we had to go through in the past two windows. There’s no doubt about that.
"One good reason for that and one positive is because we’ve got most of them right. It’s one thing bringing in a whole host of players. If you don’t get them right then you really have to revisit it and go again.
“From my perspective that’s been the pleasing thing. I think we are creating a really good foundation, not just for the next window, but for the next few windows.
“We will obviously always try to improve the squad but more importantly we will try and replace quality players if they leave the football club for other shores.
“That’s the kind of business we’ll be doing in future windows.”
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