New Celtic coach Peter Grant insists a strong mentality, rather than ability, will be the number one attribute required by potential Parkhead recruits this summer.
Grant will form part of the new management team at his former club along with boss Tony Mowbray and his assistant Mark Venus, and his experience - where he had the best part of 15 years in the Celtic midfield in the 1980s and 1990s - means he is well aware of the main characteristic needed by anyone who pulls on a green and white hooped shirt.
"Ability is a massive part of it but if you don't have the mentality to play for Celtic - or Rangers - you don't have a hope in hell," he said. "That's a fact because demands are second only to Manchester United. Mentality is the biggest thing. That is what I learned when I went to England."
He added: "I used to wonder why so many players came to Celtic and Rangers and really suffered. It wasn't because of their ability but they didn't understand that it is 24/7 up here, there is no switching off as a Celtic or Rangers player.
"Celtic have got to win every game. There is no saying, 'We have to do this or what we have to do that' - we have to win every game and we have to try to play well every game.
"That is the nature of the beast and it is only when I went to England I realised that.
"Outwith Manchester, there are no bigger clubs.
"If Celtic and Rangers were in England then there is no doubt that they would be challenging the Manchester Uniteds of this world within four or five years."
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I'm the Singing Minger hahahahahahaha
Who has the job? a complete numpty who takes his team down hahahahahahaha
ginger who are them f uckin muppets..three year they have been under a rock,t its
I live in Manchester and I dont get all this pish that they are the biggest in the world - Their fans aren't fanatical and they are like a funeral parlour at home - 75,000 or not. If they had little success for the next 3 years, the gates would drop by 30,000 because they are fair weather fans. Like Abbot said, if they were playing motherwell, falkirk, St, Johnstone (I'm not slagging them off, but teams with -10,000 fans) would they even bother to show up? Celtic F.C. are a bigger Family and true fans. To be honest, i think the only fans that come close to Celtic fans are Liverpool, Everton, Newcastle and West Ham down here... At least they can all have a drink and a laugh.
Oh and DavidC, you nead to lay off the double Meths...
Been on the San Miguel tonight boys so excuse my absence. Sláinte!
I live in Manchester and I dont get all this pish that they are the biggest in the world - Their fans aren't fanatical and they are like a funeral parlour at home - 75,000 or not. If they had little success for the next 3 years, the gates would drop by 30,000 because they are fair weather fans. Like Abbot said, if they were playing motherwell, falkirk, St, Johnstone (I'm not slagging them off, but teams with
Pt17...whos the big signing?...watched a few reserves games and the boy that stuck out for me was Lennon...Forbes will get in the squad for cover for the back four.....stirling dont think will feature and Loy is he being recalled from Dunfermline???...Fleck defo should see more action this year
#16 not heard much,lookin at a BIG signin round bout sep 09,part from that,lookin at a few of the youth team breakin through,Loy,Stirling,Forbes & of course,Fleck.
Metz...my understanding is Bazza will stay due the injuries to Edu, Thomson, Broadfoot and Lafferty up coming suspension, for the league start and the opening CL games but will sign pre contract in Jan rather than seek a pay off from Rangers...what u heard
#14 Am watchin,what you got to say???????????
#11 Sell half your team? Watch this space!
Cause they are usually nonsense
why are Paul G's articles always hidden due to low ratings
.hey barman ....mines a double !!!!!!!!!!!!!
have the tic got their third choice manager yet lol ?
Mowbury that only got his last team .......feck all............... the whole time he was there ..
oh wait I forgot ........except relegated hahahaha lol hope he keeps up the good work :)
and their fans are on here slagging us
we won the double against yer best manager in years ...we could sell half our team and still win the spl ...lol
paul g does not have a team,if there are no games on the telly this season he will be have to go back to dreaming of big burnie and having wet dreams
Stuart i only do so when people try to take the mic for valid comments
PT6.....u are sinking really low now u scum bag windae licker
Way bigger than man u and any english club. I'd like to see them filling their grounds week in week out, year after year, playing against the likes of motherwell, killie, etc etc
Aye yer wee jinky pic, he loved Big jock him
youz should start a new song over ur wae copy west ham singin im forever lickin windaes pretty windaes evrywere lol
pt 1 how the fk would u kno he said that at west brob r u stalking him or somethin ?? refuse to believe u remember coz wat i seen o u ur not too bright so stop talkin sh ite
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