Martin O’Neill admits Celtic’s attempts to secure his first January signing have been complicated by the fact he only returned as boss last week.
The 73-year-old assured anxious fans that the club are ‘really trying’ to bring in new faces - but confessed that he hasn’t had enough time to act as quickly and decisively as he would have liked since replacing the ill-fated Wilfried Nancy.
Centre-back Stephen Welsh has been recalled from his loan spell at Motherwell, while Mexico defender Julian Araujo arrived on loan from Bournemouth earlier this month, before Nancy and head of football operations Paul Tisdale left the club.