At the time of writing this post , Celtic are in the final stages of signing Scunthorpe Utd striker Gary Hooper for a fee around £2.5m , add to this the probability of Israeli international Biram Kayal making his way to the east side of Glasgow , then you have a contented manager who goes into the biggest financial game of the season vs Sporting Braga on Wednesday night.
It took a while for Celtic chief Peter Lawwell to confirm Lennon was indeed to become the new mananger but since then he has backed the former Celtic captain by opening the checkbook to close to £10m , Lawwell has also got these guys in before a serious ball has been kicked in anger. If Hooper and Kayal do sign the they will follow Charlie Mulgrew , Cha Du Ri , Joe Ledley , Daryl Murphy and Mexican internationalist Efrian Juarez to the celtic squad.
Lennon has indicated that he might want more faces in , the celtic fans are happy that board have backed Lennon , they cant really complain either as the money has been spent and some high earners have left the club eg: (artur boruc).
Wednesday will see the first signs of Lennons own team in action , the Braga game is a genuine 50-50 tie so it will be interesting to see how the manager fits in his new players to his system and to the squad he was left with from Tony Mowbrays reign.
So far the game is only on BBC Radio Scotland MW , Kick off at 8pm , that could all change if hopefully a TV station picks this game up.
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