Celtic manager Martin O’Neill is seen during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on February 01, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Q: Does the lad from Lorient suggest that the two players we mentioned on Thursday, are those two still alive or have those been left aside now?
Martin O’Neill: Who?
Q: Ghedjemes and Redzic, are they still alive or are they now moving on?
Martin O’Neill: “I’m dying to see you on Tuesday. I am really, honestly. I didn’t think that that, my comments, oh sorry, I didn’t honestly, I wouldn’t have said it, I promise you, it was meant light-heartedly. So no, we think that we’re still fighting for something else.”
Stephen Welsh of Celtic arrives prior to the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on February 01, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Q: In terms of central defence, is that a possibility or is it going to be Stephen Welsh?
Martin O’Neill: “That’s a really good point because Welsh has done very, very well at Motherwell and in an ideal world, he would probably want to go back. Again, I don’t really want to stop him when he’s on a really good run there at this minute. So that might depend on us getting someone else in as cover.
“We have the three centre-backs at this minute, and he wants to play, obviously he’d like to play at Celtic. If I can’t guarantee that for him, then he wants to play at Motherwell, where he’s done exceptionally well. But if we don’t get anybody else in, then that’s the case of wanting to keep him here and then just battling for a place.”
Your an auld eejit the green brigade ain’t dafties just because they are young you dismiss them as dafties you obviously didn’t support Celtic before you were sixty.You and fans like you are the reason we’ve got such a shit board grow up these 20 whatever are all as clued up as you they just have the passion still to do something about it.
The Green Brigade bring plenty of colour , humour song and encouragement to our Celtic team . Nobody can dispute that . However despite been the life & soul of our supporters they can’t continue to operate outside the law. . In the past they frequently put on displays that they knew would cause the club fines by UEFA . They made it easy fot the UEFA observer, very often ex Linfield bigot to report us & cause a fine . In recent seasons especially since the club created a standing area & allocated part of it to GB there has been serious overcrowding in GB standing area section. This is bought about at least in part by GB members allowing others to re use their passes . GB are fully aware that Celtic are never treated leniently like the h.ns , and both Glasgow City Council & UEFA could close or partially close stadium because of this . If fans obtained serious injury because of overcrowding + flare, then Celtic in’s wouldn’t cover and club could be out millions .
We need GB & club to sit down together & hammer out a deal , that will settle this permanently