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It’s looking likely that the new Celtic manager will be Tony Mowbray—and he will need decent funds in which to mould a squad into the shape that will accommodate his free- flowing, attacking style of football.
It’s not outwith the realms of possibility, of course, that one of our top stars will have to be sold to help fund the new regime—knowing our board we should remain realistic about that—however, this scenario is not necessarily to the detriment of the team.
Selling Artur Boruc, for example, would create funds for a quality central defender to partner Gary Caldwell, and would not present such a loss to the balance of the team as selling Scott Brown or Aiden McGeady.
One thing is clear: whatever the source of the funds, funds must be made available.
No more Willo Floods, Paddy McCourts, or "works in progress."
Celtic undoubtedly have a nucleus of first team players of genuine quality—but this nucleus needs further additions of quality.
The deadwood must also be cast adrift. Artur Boruc does not fall into this category—I’ve already explained the reasoning behind moving him on- and Shunsuke Nakamura, I’m sure, would delight Tony Mowbray if he decided to stay.
His heart, however, seems set on a move to La Liga after spending four years in Scotland.
By deadwood I mean the likes of Mark Brown, Lee Naylor, Stephen McManus, Massimo Donati, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, and Chris Killen. We should take any offer going for these players.
Some might say that’s harsh in particular on the captain, McManus, and the Dutchman Vennegoor of Hesselink—but the former is decidedly suspect at the back, certainly not the composed figure he was showing potential to be back in 2006/2007, and the former is out half of every season due to injury.
Celtic would benefit from a new captain and the only option available for Mowbray would be to make a clean break for it, and offload McManus, so that he could install either my favoured choice Gary Caldwell, or Scott Brown.
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