Late on Wednesday night the Daily Mail ran a story on how Celtic were closing in on bringing Paul Tisdale to the club in a recruitment role, a fairly contentious role at the club down the years with Mark Lawwell leaving the role in March.
Finding someone that matches the profile that the club requires with the expectations of the manager is a very difficult task with the club’s priority the balance sheet while every manager is always on the look out for two more players regardless of how many he has.
Tisdale is certainly an interesting individual, his playing career ended at the age of 26 but he drifted into coaching with a broader view of the game beyond what happens during the 90 minutes.
Management in the professional ranks started at Exeter City where one of his recruits was Ollie Watkins, strangely after the Aston Villa striker scored for England at the European Championships TalkSPORT spoke to Tisdale who hadn’t watched the goal against Holland because he was at a closed doors friendly between Queens Park and Celtic.
In hindsight that was possibly a huge clue over a future role at Celtic.
Tisdale has very strong ideas on players and football, a clear identity on the type of players that can be coached effectively.
How such a strong personality fits into the structure of a club the size of Celtic will make for an interesting watch.
This week we are delighted to welcome Paul Tisdale to the show. A former Premier League player, Paul went on to manage over 600 games in the football league for the likes of Exeter City, Bristol Rovers, MK Dons, and Stevenage.
His time at Exeter delivered a complete transformation of the club, taking them from the National League to League One via back to back promotions. He cultivated an elite pool of talent that included Ollie Watkins and Ethan Ampadu.
He was labelled the most fashionable man in football. The approach to management is simple but so different to what you’d expect. But there is much more to the man than his achievements on the touchline.
He has transformed his career to work alongside multi-club ownership models on a variety of projects, as well as venturing into the world of the sporting director, something we have been keen to dive into for a long time on this show.
The skills acquired in football as both a player and a manager and transferable in many ways. This is an education in how to build a profile across multiple areas of sport and beyond, with an excellent dose of how to be a top manager!
CLICK HERE for the Daily Mail report on Tisdale