Daizen Maeda of Celtic after he scores our fourth goal during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Dundee United at Celtic Park on January 10, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Q: Great result, Martin. But you said not to get carried away. You also said yesterday you don’t want to hang about on new signings. So are you hopeful you might get some in?
Martin O’Neill: “Yeah, I am hopeful that we are going to get some people in. But just when you think that something might happen, things change around. Listen, it’s not me filibustering. It’s just me feeling that until they’re over the line, I can’t come up and say that it’s happened. We obviously need to do it, even just to give help to the boys at present at the minute. Because this week, the week that’s just gone in, was the only week that we have had, since I’ve come to the football club, we have had a free week. And from here on in, we go right through now to I don’t know how long, because we’re going midweek each time. So there’ll be no respite. If we pick up injuries to really key players here, we could be in serious trouble.”
Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin and Celtic interim manager Martin O’Neill at full time during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Dundee United at Celtic Park on January 10, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Q: A 4-0 win changes nothing in the sense that there’s still a critical need for quality players?
Martin O’Neill: “Oh, it’s not changed to me. Not at all. We need some people in. And we are, honestly, we are working on it. It doesn’t seem as if you believe me, but we’re actually working on it.”
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