Aiden McGeady is set to contribute to Dundee as a specialist winger coach.
The 40-year-old is set to reunite with ex-teammate Steven Pressley by helping wingers on an individual level at Dens Park.
This is a role he has discussed publicly, with McGeady offering his services to Celtic in the same capacity in an interview last month.
This offer doesn’t appear to have been taken up by Celtic as of yet, so the Parkhead academy graduate is instead set to provide his expertise for Pressley’s men.
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Steven Pressley: Aiden McGeady may come in and help Dundee players next season
As reported by The Courier, Pressley has already allowed McGeady to come in and ‘help’ Dundee’s wingers several times last season.
The Dens Park boss confirmed: “Aiden McGeady may come in and help us with our wide players now and again next season too.
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“When you specialise in a position there are things you know better than other people.
“So if we can utilise his knowledge of being a wide player then that’s something I’m keen to do.”
Discussing his preferred role and why he’d love to do it for Celtic, McGeady said in April: “You’d have to ask the powers that be if there would be a role or not…
“But yeah, I’d love to. You’re talking about wingers there, there’s things I think I could help players on, and little things in a game to coach them.
“Especially wingers and forwards. Everything I could do could apply to the whole Academy. It is something that I think is needed in football.
“Why would you not want to give players that you are paying a lot of money for or your Academy players every bit of help that they can get?
“Let’s be honest, everybody wants Academy players and young players in their first team, like when I was younger.
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“I’d love to do something like that, whether or not that happens remains to be seen.
“It is something that I’d like to do because I feel that I’ve got too much experience and knowledge to keep it to myself and not pass it on.
“I’d love to be able to help. If that was first team or B team or younger Academy I’d love to be able to help them. Not to make the mistakes that I made, help them round their game in any way possible.”
Celtic already have another ex-winger working in the academy in Jonny Hayes, who will take charge of the B team’s last-ever Lowland League game this weekend.
Hayes could be set to join the senior backroom staff if Robbie Keane is named manager.
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The Celtic career of Aiden McGeady
Widely viewed as one of the most talented players to ever emerge from Celtic’s academy, McGeady was given rave reviews from a young age and scored on his debut under Martin O’Neill in 2004.
It wasn’t until the arrival of Gordon Strachan that he emerged as one of the team’s most important players, contributing in the Champions League as the Hoops won four consecutive league titles.
Despite being the club’s Player of the Year in 2008, he endured a difficult relationship with Strachan, which was highly publicised. This turned attention away from his undoubtable talent as a player.
He was named the club’s Players’ Player of the Year in 2010 before finally making his big-money departure. The only surprise was that he chose to move to Russia.
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