Peter Lawwell has described the summer transfer window as a frustrating time for everyone at Celtic.
After signing Odsonne Edouard for a club record fee of £9m no more transfer fees were paid as the club crashed out of the Champions League qualifiers to AEK Athens.
During the first leg against the Greek side John McGinn completed a £2.5m transfer to Aston Villa with Brendan Rodgers going public with his frustrations at being unable to get business completed.
During a video presentation at the start of today’s AGM Lawwell said: “It was a frustrating time for all, a very difficult market that is very complicated.”
At the closing stage of the transfer window Celtic signed free agent Youssuf Mulumba and Filip Benkovic on loan from Leicester City.
Not signing McGinn however was the saga of the summer with fans frustrated about being unable to sign a Scottish based player already connected to the club through his grand-father, former Chairman Jack.
Lawwell added in response to a question: “John McGinn decided to go to Aston Villa rather than Celtic, that was his professional choice.
“I’m satisfied that we did everything to bring John McGinn to Celtic, it was a professional choice.”
Later at the AGM Brendan Rodgers said that the board of directors shared his ambitions for the club.