Wilfried โNancy Prioritizes Core Values & Gradual Change at Celtic Following O’Neill Conversation
LENNOXTOWN, SCOTLAND – New Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy immediately focused on establishing coreโ values and a team culture โขduring his first meeting with playersโข yesterday,โฃ ahead of a busy fixture schedule. The appointment of theโฃ former CF Montrรฉal boss comes with highโ expectations as Celtic prepare for a crucial top-of-the-tableโฃ clash with Hearts this weekend.
Nancy revealed โฃhe had a conversation with Celtic legend Martin โขO’Neill,โ further shaping his approach to the role.He emphasized a commitment to incremental improvements rather than sweeping changes. “The idea is not to change everything.โ The idea is to add certain things. And after that, stepโค by step, theโ team will be the way I want,” he stated.
the manager explained his initialโข focus will be on defining the team’s fundamental principles. “We have a game in three days, so โI decided to do a meeting today to talk about the core values,” Nancy said. “Because for me,the core values is the most significant.How we’re going to be able to โขlive together and how โขwe’re going to beโ able to have more certainty, depending on all the structure and all the culture that we have together.” He intends to follow this with โฃa discussion of โฃhis โfootballingโ philosophy.
Addressing supporters, Nancy stressed the importance of the fanbase and a โคcommitment to โeffort and performance. “Fans for me are โขreally importent becauseโ they decide to support โฃthe team, knowing that they can do something different,” heโ explained.โฃ “Sometimes people can have money, sometimes they cannot have money, but they decide to come to support the team.”
He continued, โ”That’s โwhy I want โคto see โa team that run a lot, but โคnot in a stupid way, but who make the effort โbecause we have โคto respectโค this.”โฃ Nancy pledged a teamโ focused โฃon maximizing โtheir chances of winning trophies through hard work and a strong connection with the fans. “We want to bring joy,โ competitive spiritsโฆto win โgames, knowing โthat this, we cannot control it. So whatโ I can tell them is, we’re going to do everything โto have good โคperformance, offensively and defensively.” He concluded by promising the โteam would “stick together and try to find a โsolution to getโฃ better” even during challenging โtimes.
