Celtic will be 'very active' with early recruitment

Celtic will be "very active" with their recruitment in the coming weeks, insists interim chairman Brian Wilson. After Martin O'Neill was confirmed as permanent manager on a one-year deal on Thursday, Wilson was asked in a club interview if the 74-year-old would be given the resources to improve the squad. "Absolutely, and that is very much part of the basis on which he's wanted to come back and we've wanted him to come back," he said. "It's going to be a very active next few weeks, and we must come out of it with a stronger squad. "It's worth mentioning maybe for all the criticisms last year, that eight of our players are at the World Cup. We had a lot of very, very good players, so we want to not only retain that strength but also to build on it." Wilson said the board had admitted previous mistakes on their part and has called on supporters to ensure there is no repeat of the "division" that plagued Celtic for much of the past year. "We are going to have a full stadium and it should also be a united stadium," he said. "Time and time again, I have said and other colleagues have said that mistakes were made last season, that the board made mistakes, individuals made mistakes. "All of that has been admitted, but everyone has to look at themselves and look at their role in the earlier parts of last season, and the lesson is that division doesn't work. "Division is bad for the team, it's bad for the club, and ultimately, it's bad for success and what we all want to share in. Let's not have repetitions of that. "Nobody's ever going to be united in praise of board or manager, probably, or anyone else. But let these divisions take place outside of the stadium and let's have a unity that undoubtedly helped the team over the line in the end last season." [BBC]