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Venus will wait for planets to align

Thu 25 Jun, 12:04 PM


Celtic assistant manager Mark Venus will forego Champions League football this season in order to get the right players into the club.

The new Hoops' management team of Venus, manager Tony Mowbray and first-team coach Peter Grant are already preparing for their first Champions League qualifier on July 28 or 29, which comes before the Clydesdale Bank Premier League season begins on August 15.

He said: "Obviously we have lost a couple of players and we will be trying to bring players in. Who they are and where they are, I don't know. Personally, and this is me speaking, I don't care how long it takes to bring people into this football club."

Celtic will be without key man Shunsuke Nakamura who is to join Espanyol, and there are doubts over the futures of midfielder Paul Hartley and striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, who are both out of contract.

Skipper Stephen McManus will miss the start of the season as he recovers from a knee injury and midfielder Scott Brown is a doubt with an ankle problem.

However, Venus, speaking to the media at Celtic's Lennoxtown training centre, claimed there will be no panic buying over the next few weeks.

He added: "If we have to miss the Champions League qualifier, the bottom line is, I'd like to think we will manage this football club for a lot of years and I'd like to think the players we are going to bring to this club are going to stay with us for a couple of years.

"So I would not want to panic into bringing in a footballer to do a job on the 27th of July when I might regret bringing him in for the next four years.

"We have to bring in the players who we think are right."

 

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  1. SHERBET_D, m8 all u can do is post slagings about them­ on the page they might stop posting then

    From spud, on Thu 25 Jun 1:59PM

  2. RANGERSMETZ how r u m8 thing r grand with me looking­ forward 2 the new season i hope both teams improve and­ give us fan sum thing 2 look forward 2

    From spud, on Thu 25 Jun 1:56PM

  3. Dont worry aboot it pal, ah dont know how its done­ either, the weathers smashing but the banter is getting­ a bit sinister in places, but hey whit can ye dae.
    HAIL­ HAIL!

    From sherbet_d, on Thu 25 Jun 1:51PM

  4. Sherbet,its all still grand,enjoyin the weather &­ the banter,seems everyone oan here has a foto cept­ me!!!!!!!!

    From METZ, on Thu 25 Jun 1:28PM

  5. All the tims have been going on about the players­ leavin Ibrox and how we arent signing anyone....then­ this story comes out!! Hahahahahahahahaha

    From Gavin C, on Thu 25 Jun 1:20PM

  6. 51 and a 1/2

    From NokturnalKelt, on Thu 25 Jun 12:53PM

  7. At least he its telling us how it is....what coming out­ at IPOX....Allys getting a new house and Boogie is­ going on holiday!!!!!!!!!

    From stub1, on Thu 25 Jun 12:45PM

  8. How stub??? is he comin over tae IBROX next may? 52 +­ counting FAIL FAIL!

    From Captain Pugwash, on Thu 25 Jun 12:39PM

  9. Hes no got a lot of ambition has he?? FAIL FAIL!

    From Captain Pugwash, on Thu 25 Jun 12:37PM

  10. Hes the guy you will see lifting the SPL trophy next­ year

    From stub1, on Thu 25 Jun 12:32PM

  11. He's the guy from the Song, Tony Mowbary and Mark­ Venus, David Murray is a Peen.is....

    From NokturnalKelt, on Thu 25 Jun 12:19PM

  12. Who is mark penus anyway???? FAIL FAIL!!!!

    From Captain Pugwash, on Thu 25 Jun 12:05PM

  13. Who the Funk came up with the headline at Yahoo?! Big­ Women's Knickers to that guy!

    From NokturnalKelt, on Thu 25 Jun 12:00PM

  14. metz hows it gaun auld pal?

    From sherbet_d, on Thu 25 Jun 11:49AM

  15. Is that him getting the excuses in early??

    From METZ, on Thu 25 Jun 11:39AM
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