Deila will look to add ‘leaders’ in January

Ronny Deila will look to add new faces to the team in January to cope with the loss of Scott Brown.

Deila spoke to the media yesterday and confirmed that Celtic will be without their captain Brown for up to three months.

The 31-year-old picked up a knock late on against Kilmarnock and in hindsight, probably should have been rested for the crucial game against Ajax in the Europa League.

Celtic have just two points from their four group games so far, and must win at least one game to have any chance of going through.

They will also be looking Molde to do them a favour against Fenerbahce and Ajax, having lost back-to-back games against the Norwegian side.

With Nir Bitton and Stefan Johansen suspended, and Kris Commons also out of the game through a combination of illness and injury, Deila will have a thin squad to choose from.

As a result, he admitted he will be looking to add new faces in January, but a certain type of player, as quoted by the Daily Mail.

I think it is very important now in January that we look for players who have experience.

We have a lot of talent, but you need leaders or parents to the players to get them to grow.

I would rather have one or two players that can stretch the level and have experience than have five youngsters who are talented players, because you can’t get through all the ties.

The Norwegian named just a few players that he will be looking to guide towards success and experienced players can assist with this philosophy of Deila’s.

Ryan Christie is coming, Scott Allan, Callum McGregor, Aidan Nesbitt – you need leaders around these young boys to get the best of out of them. So the answer to your question is yes.

We know what kind of budget we have. It is possible. We have to look at players who are important in their teams and are not in the biggest leagues.

I don’t say we are going to have the whole team. We have to have balance in things.