Coy Ange Postecoglou remained tight-lipped over Celtic 's rumoured curiosity in Czech striker Ladislav Almasi after their victory over Banik Ostrava on Wednesday night time.
The Hoops had been loosely linked with the towering frontman within the days main as much as the pleasant conflict with Almasi in line to function in opposition to Postecoglou and his crew. He was named within the beginning lineup and precipitated a couple of issues for the Celtic again line. Nonetheless, it was the Parkhead facet who emerged victorious on the street - successful 4-2 thanks partially to a surprising acrobatic strike from Giorgos Giakoumakis.
Postecoglou is out there for a brand new striker though there was little substance to the Almasi hyperlinks as but, with rumours circling on social media coinciding with the 2 sides assembly in Ostrava. However that did not cease a tenacious Czech reporter from placing the Parkhead boss on the spot after the sport, asking if he cared to touch upon the reported curiosity.
"No, I don’t," Postecoglou responded. "I get requested these questions day by day and there's a new participant day by day. We’re nonetheless working within the background and hopefully we’ll get some new gamers in."
Talking earlier within the pre-season coaching camp, Postecoglou set out his stall and admitted he is out there for "one or two extra" after Alexandro Bernabei grew to become their fourth everlasting addition of the summer time. A brand new striker is believed to be on the agenda as is a brand new central midfielder - with Argentine Fausto Vera mentioned to be a goal.
He mentioned after the 7-0 win over Wiener Viktoria: "I nonetheless assume there are one two areas the place we want some extra robustness when it comes to the squad, just a few high quality in depth. I wouldn’t anticipate too many however there are nonetheless one or two areas I’m trying to strengthen understanding what’s forward for us.
“It has been good to date. It has been fairly nicely chronicled that 12 months in the past it was chaotic. In January and now we're working in a manner that we all know what we're after. We establish targets after which be sure we take the time to get those we would like, in order that has been good."
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