{"id":344643,"date":"2025-12-31T12:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/344643\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:30:08","slug":"celtic-boss-hints-at-transfers-ahead-of-rangers-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/344643\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic boss hints at transfers ahead of Rangers derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  As the January transfer window opens, the club is seeking additions to bolster the team and enable Wilfried Nancy to shape the squad in his image.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They are reportedly scouting for reinforcements in the centre-forward and defensive positions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Nancy has not ruled out the possibility of securing new signings in time for the high-stakes encounter with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/rangers?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rangers<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He told Sky Sports: &#8220;When the window is going to be open, this is an opportunity to get better.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;So, we\u2019ll see what we\u2019re going to do.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  When asked whether the signings could come before the weekend clash, Nancy said: &#8220;Again, we are working on that.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;And, after that, we\u2019ll see what we\u2019re going to do.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Frenchman insists he does not feel he is under pressure in his job despite five defeats from his seven games heading into the derby.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Nancy confidently stated: &#8220;As a manager, personally, this is not something that I want and this is not something that we want.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;After that, the pressure doesn&#8217;t change the way I think about this because we know that we have to do better.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;But for the moment, this is a bit the reality.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The manager acknowledged the need for improvement following their patchy form but said he was prepared for this situation from the outset.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He added: &#8220;I knew that it could be like that.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We had good games at certain moments.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Tonight is a difficult one.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The last game, the first half was really good.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The second half could have been better.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;So this is a bit the reality.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the January transfer window opens, the club is seeking additions to bolster the team and enable Wilfried&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-344643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}