New Celtic head of recruitment Lee Congerton has explained that while the club will cast their transfer net worldwide, impressive talents such as Moussa Dembele can always come up on the radar from the local neighbourhood.
The French striker has been a revelation since joining the Hoops from Championship outfit Fulham on a four-year deal last summer.
Dembele has thus far made 45 appearances in all competitions for Celtic, banging in 32 goals and providing seven assists.
And Congerton stated that while Celtic will try to rope in talents like Dembele from the United Kingdom, the Scottish champions will also be looking everywhere else to find players who fit the profile that manager Brendan Rodgers wants.
“We will be looking worldwide, but we can’t forget our roots and Scotland, Ireland and the rest of the UK are very important for us”, he told the club’s official site.
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“But we’ll be looking everywhere for talent that fits what Celtic is about.
“We took Moussa Dembele from down the road, and he’s been a great signing, so we’ll constantly be doing that, but we’ll also be looking at other areas.
“I believe we can find the right players to fit the profiles that Brendan needs and wants, and without doubt Brendan will polish the diamond and make it sparkle a little bit more and hopefully allow the players to be successful for Celtic.”
Congerton, who previously worked with Rodgers at Chelsea, revealed that the lure to be the Northern Irishman’s colleague at a club of Celtic’s stature made it an easy decision for him to join the Paradise outfit.
“As I said, I’m very happy to be here and I’m looking forward to working with Brendan and all the guys, but I am also attracted here because of Celtic, and that combination of Celtic and Brendan made it an easy decision for me”, he continued.
Celtic, who are 25 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership table, will next face Dundee on Sunday.
