Celtic have added a new face to their coaching team.
After taking an age to announce Martin O’Neill as manager for next season, as well as the return of Shaun Maloney and Mark Fotheringham, things are starting to move at Celtic.
Ross Grant has been added to the Scottish champions’ coaching set-up, joining from Hearts, who are starting to lose a lot of faces that helped them to a second-placed finish last term.
Boyhood Celtic fan Grant will have a ‘particular focus on set-piece analysis and coaching’, as confirmed by the club in their statement on Sunday.
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What has Martin O’Neill said about Ross Grant’s arrival?
Celtic mentioned in their statement that Grant holds a UEFA ‘A’ Licence, and he previously worked for Dundee United before moving to Tynecastle last season.
The club added that the new arrival has ‘valuable experience in set piece analysis, coaching and player development’, which would be very welcome in Glasgow ahead of the new campaign.
This is a positive step forward for Celtic, and O’Neill is delighted with Grant’s arrival.
“I am really pleased to welcome Ross to our backroom staff,” said O’Neill. “I know he is a highly rated coach and look forward to working with him.”
Will Celtic continue to make changes?
Celtic have an interim chairman in charge, and nobody, as of this moment, is in charge of recruitment, even though the 2026 summer transfer window has opened.
There is a growing worry among the Celtic Park faithful that the board will head down the same disastrous road as last summer.
A period that sparked utter chaos, culminating in three different coaches taking to the dugout, as well as the exits of Peter Lawwell and Paul Tisdale.
If Celtic don’t get things right this summer, then the reaction and protests from the fans will be far, far worse next season.
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