Celtic have put Motherwell goalkeeper Liam Kelly on a list of summer time transfer targets.
Former England No1 Joe Hart will retire from qualified soccer after the Scottish Cup final, even though Swiss keeper Benjamin Siegrist is also most likely to leave in search of first-team football.
Out of agreement this summer, Scotland worldwide Kelly is in the frame to win a area in Steve Clarke’s squad for Euro 2024.
Well recognised to Celtic and former Scotland goalkeeper mentor Stevie Woods, the 28-year-previous comes with out a cost and would bolster the amount of homegrown players obtainable for Europe.
Kelly designed his Scotland senior debut in a welcoming defeat to France in October. Starting off his occupation with Rangers, he moved on to enjoy for Livingston and QPR.
With curiosity from down south, a return to English football has not been ruled out if Brendan Rodgers seems somewhere else.
Liam Kelly, who has been a typical in Scotland squads of late, is out of deal in the summertime
The Motherwell keeper has caught the eye of Celtic with some of his performances
Celtic, in the meantime, have employed previous South American expertise spotter Mark Cooper in a revamp of the club’s scouting set-up.
Head of participant recruitment Mark Lawwell, son of Celtic chairman Peter, and main scout Joe Dudgeon remaining the Parkhead club to ‘pursue new challenges’ in a distinct-out of the recruitment section in March.
Formerly based mostly in South The us, Cooper went on to get the job done in MLS, but the Scot has now been lured again to Glasgow in a full-time job. Very rated by supervisor Rodgers, Cooper has been established the endeavor of bettering the conventional of initially-staff recruitment.
Focusing on gamers aged between 19 and 23, with global experience and fitting sure economic conditions, Celtic’s hit price arrived below scrutiny following a range of the club’s summer months signings failed to strike the floor jogging at initial-team amount.
Of the dozen new captures introduced in about the previous two transfer home windows, Nicolas Kuhn was the only starter in Saturday’s 3- win over Hearts.
Predicted to reinforce in a range of critical positions this summer months, goalkeeper, the left aspect of defence, midfield and assault are priority parts and Cooper has presently set to operate on drawing up a listing of gamers possible to make an impression.
As component of the backroom restructure, Celtic not too long ago verified previous B workforce mentor Darren O’Dea as Expert Player Pathway Supervisor with the undertaking of creating the development of younger players at Lennoxtown.
