Ange Postecoglou is confident Celtic are ‘ready’ to deliver another strong transfer window.
The Parkhead manager knows the areas he wants to strengthen this summer as he aims to consolidate his team’s place as the Premiership’s top side. Celtic are 12 points clear of Rangers at the league summit and could yet complete a treble before the end of the campaign – they will face their Ibrox rivals at Hampden for a place in the Scottish Cup final later this month.
Postecoglou has been agile in the transfer market since his arrival in 2021 and insists he is also prepared for the possibility of key players attracting interest from other clubs. He admits there is always an element of the unknown in that regard, but he has not been reticent to move popular players on when the time is considered right.
The likes of Giorgos Giakoumakis and Josip Juranovic were sold back in January, and replaced by Oh Hyeun-Gyu and Alistair Johnston. Postecoglou says he is satisfied with how the club have planned for the next few months.
“It depends on the window, particularly the summer window,” he said when asked if Celtic will implement tweaks or wholesale changes. “You go into that one with a little bit of uncertainty because you don’t know what players will be affected within your own squad. So, you are kind of always alert.
“But the goal is the same in every transfer window — we want to come out of the window stronger than we go into it. And we are ready for that.
“We already have some plans in place in terms of areas we want to strengthen. At the same time there is always the possibility that our players may move on for one reason or another.
“We have to be ready for that and make sure that come the end of the window we are in a better position that we were going into it.”
