Celtic’s new Head of Football Operations Paul Tisdale has spoken about his honour at being appointed to the role. The Scottish Champions announced the arrival of Tisdale in a major announcement in the club’s footballing department.
Brendan Rodgers spoke in the summer of a forthcoming revamp in the club’s football department, which might have been kicked off through the arrival of Tisdale. Speaking to the club, Tisdale spoke in glowing terms about his admiration for the club after his announcement.
“It is a huge honour to accept this new role and join a club of such pedigree and stature,” he said.
“I can’t wait to join the team, to begin my work and deliver positive results. Celtic demands and deserves excellence across all areas and I know that that is something the board and Brendan [Rodgers] seek at all times.
“I will be doing all I can to further develop our work across talent identification, development and analytics, always with the aim of ensuring high-level support of football performance.
“Having knowledge already of Celtic, I know there are so many quality, authentic people at the club all pulling in the same direction and passionate for success.”
Celtic detailed Tisdale’s responsibilities in the role in their announcement earlier today.
“In this new strategic role reporting to the Board, Paul will oversee the development and management of effective operations to support high-level football performance, including the identification and development of talent, in line with the club’s objective to develop Champions League players through our Academy and recruitment processes.”
Additionally, the club’s Head of Football Operations will work with the club’s analytics functions as the club look to continuously improve their operations.
Tisdale has been working with Celtic since the summer on what has been reported as being a consultancy basis. Clearly the ex-Southampton player left an impression with the club’s hierarchy, which resulted in a deal being completed to bring him in on a permanent basis.