Celtic boss O'Neill hints at two up top with Hogh & Duran

Martin O'Neill is sure new signings Camilo Duran and Kasper Hogh can combine to good effect at Celtic, while suggesting it may require a move away from the 4-3-3 formation favoured by the Scottish champions. Both players operate as central strikers, while Duran, who has scored three goals in three friendly outings, was occasionally deployed as a winger by former club Qarabag. "I would think that, given time, the two players should be able to play together without a problem," said manager O'Neill. "I don't know whether that means changing systems, changing all that type of stuff, but, you know, they're good players." On Duran, the manager added: "Yes, he can break off wide as well, so that's encouraging. I'm not so sure that's eventually where I want him to play. "We might have to do that for the time being. But I see him being able to play as a striker or just off the striker." In his first spell at Celtic from 2000-05, O'Neill had Henrik Larsson, Chris Sutton and John Hartson among his options up front. "We played a sort of a 3-5-2 for a lot of times," he said, reflecting on that time. "But then we changed it when some teams cottoned on to it, in European matches as well. And then we ended up changing to 4-4-2. We played that very often. But we had serious running power wide, which was great in those days. "If it meant us having to adjust to get them [Duran and Hogh] to play together, that shouldn't be a problem. Famous last words, but it shouldn't be. "And this is the point. We should be able to adapt. We've played this 4-3-3 system for quite some considerable time. It's been successful, which is fine, but we should be able to adapt during the course of the game. It's only a matter of changing people 10 yards in, 10 yards out. "There's not much more to it than that."