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James McLaughlin

Ange Postecoglou 'delighted’ with Mark Lawwell Celtic recruitment guru appointment

Ange Postecoglou 'delighted’ with Mark Lawwell Celtic appointment as recruitment guru

Ange Postecoglou has backed Celtic’s decision to appoint Mark Lawwell, son of former Chief Executive Peter, as Head of First Team Scouting and Recruitment.

Lawwell joins from a scouting and recruitment role at the City group where he has spent ten years.

Postecoglou worked with Lawwell previously at Yokohama F Marinos and declared himself “delighted” with the move.

The Aussie insists Celtic will only make appointments he feels will push the club forward.

Postecoglou said: “I was very keen for Mark to join the Club and clearly I am delighted that he has accepted this important role and that we have been able to bring him to Celtic.

“Mark is someone who I worked closely with throughout my four years at Marinos, through which time we developed great trust and an excellent working relationship. He knows the way I like to work, the way my teams play and the particular player profile which this requires."

“I know he will be a great addition to our team, leading our first-team scouting and recruitment function and delivering on our key objective of identifying and bringing exciting, talented players to the Club. "We have a great team of people at the Club and since joining Celtic I have been hugely impressed by the staff around me who have all worked so hard to deliver success. "I have said before that I didn’t want to make changes just for the sake of it, but we always aim to build and develop everything we do and in bringing Mark in I know we have made an appointment which will be hugely beneficial for us moving forward."

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