Celtic FC Women didn’t take long to replace Elena Sadiku.
Sadiku departed Celtic on Sunday, leaving Glasgow to take the reins at BK Hacken in her native Sweden.
She had been critical of the club’s transfer business in her final months, bemoaning the lack of help that the Women’s side received in having to rebuild the squad.
Despite qualifying for the Champions League last season, Celtic finished 4th in the WSPL. It was won by Hibernian, whose manager has now come to replace Sadiku.
So who is Grant Scott, the man hoping to take the league title away from his former employers?
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Who is Grant Scott?
Grant Scott is 52 years old, Scottish and an experienced figure in Scottish Women’s football.
Where has Grant Scott worked?
Scott became manager of Hearts Women’s Under-17 side in 2012, becoming an assistant coach for the first-team two years later.
He became manager of the first team in May 2015, and in 18 months in charge, he won the Scottish First division League Cup and made the final of the Scottish Cup.
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After spending three days with the SFA, he became Hibs Ladies Head Coach in 2018, winning three cup competitions and qualifying the club for the Champions League over 18 months.
Spells at Glasgow City, St Johnstone and Durham followed before he returned to Easter Road for a second spell, which he has just ended to join Celtic.
What else has Grant Scott achieved?
He was named SWPL Manager of the Year by PFA Scotland last season, his first time winning the award.
In his first European campaign as a coach, he led Hibs to the last 32 of the Champions League.
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What has Grant Scott said since joining Celtic?
Speaking about his new role and his decision to leave Hibs, Scott admitted that he felt that the opportunity was too good to turn down.
He said: “Ultimately, it just felt like too big a chance to say no to,” he said. “I have had two spells at Hibs and have loved it.
“I didn’t get the chance to speak to the players. I put a message in the group chat and a few of them have come back to me.
“I honestly just felt that it was an opportunity I couldn’t say no to at this point in my career.
“It’s the business we’re in, isn’t it? Managers leave, players come and go, they’ll all have been through that at some stage in their career.
“They’re a strong group and they gave me everything. But it is a huge challenge now to go into a club like Celtic. There are good players there, some of whom I already know, and I am really excited to go in and get started.
“You couldn’t make it up but I think I have handled it ok. These things happen in football and you just have to focus on the job in hand.”
“I can’t wait to get in and get going. It is exciting. They have everything that the club has to offer and I think Celtic is a club which is built for success.
“So hopefully I can do something and help the club be successful.
“I have heard good things about the facility at Barrowfield and it is a club that wants the women’s team to develop and get better.”
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