{"id":472005,"date":"2026-02-11T03:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/472005\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T03:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:41:15","slug":"xaver-schlager-to-celtic-transfer-links-met-with-emphatic-answer-as-martin-oneill-hints-at-recruitment-restructuring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/472005\/","title":{"rendered":"Xaver Schlager to Celtic transfer links met with emphatic answer as Martin O’Neill hints at recruitment restructuring"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hoops had been linked with the out-of-contract RB Leipzig midfielder\"Xaver<\/p>\n

Xaver Schlager, left, won’t be joining Celtic(Image: SNS Group)<\/p>\n

Martin O’Neill has categorically denied that Celtic<\/a> have offered a pre-contract to RB Leipzig midfielder Xaver Schlager.<\/p>\n

Reports in Germany had claimed that the Hoops had tabled a deal for the 28-year-old to arrive next term<\/a>. Schlager has rejected a fresh extension with Leipzig and the Bundesliga outfit confirmed he would be leaving at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Italian giants Juventus are said to be chasing his signature on a free transfer, but O’Neill<\/a> dismissed suggestions the Scottish champions are in the race to land the Austrian international.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cNo. Definitely not.\u201d<\/p>\n

O’Neill was also coy over whether he will have any involvement in the club\u2019s summer transfer plans, with a new manager expected to take over.<\/p>\n

However, the veteran boss admitted Celtic require a dramatic restructuring to ensure they learn from the mistakes made this season.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cLet\u2019s see how the season pans out first!<\/p>\n

\u201cThey won\u2019t want much of my involvement if we don\u2019t win another game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am sure that the new manager coming in, and Celtic should be on the search now, should be looking and have his own scouting system up and running.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be a more robust look at how we approach the transfer market.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes it does go to the last minute but it\u2019s about having things in place and up and running, not like last year.”<\/p>\n

Celts have yet to replace Paul Tisdale<\/a> after the head of football operations was sacked in January following a calamitous 18 months.<\/p>\n

Asked if the club are close to landing a new recruitment chief, O’Neill added: \u201cI don\u2019t know but I assume that some sort of structure will come in that takes all of that into consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hoops had been linked with the out-of-contract RB Leipzig midfielder Xaver Schlager, left, won’t be joining Celtic(Image:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,18282,18283,596,113572,9003,18789,85,9002],"class_list":["post-472005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celtic-fc","tag-celtic-transfer-news","tag-football","tag-martin-oneill","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-scottish-professional-football-league","tag-sports","tag-transfer-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}