Tony Mowbray admits the increasing financial strength of English football means he may have to go as far as South America to replenish his Celtic squad.
The Hoops' boss attended his first Parkhead AGM on Friday morning where he was given a mainly easy ride by the shareholders, who were looking for and given assurances from the board that more money will be spent when the January transfer window opens.
"We are actively pursuing all parts of the world at the moment, including South America where some players have European passports," he said.
He continued: "I am trying to expand the scouting system that is in place.
"But I am looking for good footballers wherever they come from and are within the regulations to be able to play in this country.
"Within the last 10 years or so this club took a lot of players from the English Premier League.
"But I think that market is getting further and further away because of monetary reasons.
"It is quite alarming. In year one, that there is a huge gulf in finances is obvious but when you run that into years three, four and five it becomes huge.
"So the market places are elsewhere, Europe, South America and different parts of the world.
"But you don't ever complete your jigsaw, you are always looking to improve."
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south nitshill has more talent..fu, kn south america? whats mowgers smoken i wonder?
Sean, Celtic stole light years off Rangers by establishing a presence in both Japan and China. This will pay Celtic huge dividends in the future, unless Rangers get their act together and do a much better PR job in regions that are not regarded as immediate "cash streams" . It is one of the reasons I am not in a state of despair at the removal of the old guard at Ibrox. The person who is exiting stage left , has, for years, been looking for an exit strategy. This strategy does not include investing in POTENTIAL markets, as he will not be in a position to benefit from the undoubted returns.
We have a similar problem with our UK democracy, in that Labour, for instance, will be reluctant to invest money in a long-term scheme if there is a belief that another party IE the Conservatives (five/ten years down the line), will reap the kudos of that initial investment.
I really hope that the new regime at Rangers do have the vision to invest in the future; I'm fairly sure that Minty, after his initial investment, would not have envisaged himself as still being at Rangers in twenty years, had he done so, he may have conducted his policies differently.
"as far as south america"...There are quality south americans playing in leagues as far away as Ukraine and Russia and look how well they have progressed...no excuse for celtic to have waited this long to begin looking outside of Europe
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