Barry Fry has spent the last couple of weeks trying to talk up interest in Peterborough striker Ivan Toney with Celtic apparently among the clubs linked with the 24-year-old.
Yesterday a deal was concluded with Celtic but it was for assistant manager Gavin Strachan who will replace Damien Duff as Celtic’s first team coach.
Although Strachan has little experience of Scottish football Duff found himself in the same position but with Neil Lennon and John Kennedy on either side that isn’t much of an issue. His Dad, Gordon, has plenty of experience of the Scottish game, and opinions.
The Peterborough Telegraph reports:
Posh have agreed a compensation package for Strachan who will become first-team coach at Parkhead. It’s a dream move for Scotsman Strachan (41) whose father Gordon is a former Celtic manager.
Posh director of football Barry Fry said: “I have agreed a deal with Celtic’s lawyer and Gavin has also agreed a deal with the club.
“We don’t want to lose him, but we cannot stand in the way of such a big job. The deal should be completed on Monday.
“Darren has identified replacements, but they are all currently in work and we will probably wait until we know when the new season will start before making a move.”
Strachan should be at Celtic this coming week as the countdown continues to the new season with Lennon ready to step things up in training at Lennoxtown.
With professional sport able to resume on Monday players should be able to take part in full contact training provided appropriate testing is included.
With five weeks to go Lennon will be looking to arrange some friendly matches but may have to go abroad for that with only SPFL Premiership clubs and the English teams back in training having to pack in their remaining 2019/20 fixtures into the next five weeks.
