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Adam Matthews believes Neil Lennon is gathering together a core Malcolm Jenkins jerseyof young players who will gladly form the future AB1025zyh of Celtic.The Hoops boss revealed last week that the Parkhead club had begun talks with the Wales right-back and other players such as Victor Wanyama, Thomas Rogne, James Forrest, Charlie Mulgrew and Gary Hooper, with regards extending and improving their current deals.The former Cardiff player, who sat out as Celtic defeated Motherwell 2-0 thanks to Gary Hooper and an Adam Cummins own goal, has pledged to sign a new contract if and when it is offered.
And he claims that Lennon is fostering a spirit within the dressing room which meansMark Ingram jersey no one is in any rush to leave.“You can see by the players that he signed that he is trying to sign a squad for the long term,” said Matthews. “I think all the players seem really happy here.“They enjoy playing in front of the fans, like I do, so I can't see anyone going.”Matthews is honest enough to admit that the prospect of Champions League football is a huge draw for the Parkhead club when they try to recruit players.
Celtic are back in the competition for the first time in four years and travelled Marques Colston jerseyto Russia yesterday for tomorrow’s Group G clash with Spartak Moscow.The 20-year-old made his debut in the competition in the home goalless draw against Benfica last month and recalls: “The atmosphere against Benfica was probably one of the best — alongside and Old Firm game — that I have played in,” he said.“It was great be a part of that so I am looking forward to the rest of the campaign. The club is massive. Champions League is one of the main things, obviously.”
Rangers 2 Motherwell 0: Ally McCoist believes this win over Motherwell in the Martez Wilson jerseyScottish Communities League Cup proves Rangers can still compete with the best Scottish football has to offer.Goals from Lee McCulloch and Northern Ireland’s Dean Shiels secured victory at Ibrox and allowed the Light Blues to progress to the quarter-finals of the competition.The third round tie was the first opportunity for Rangers to face Clydesdale Bank Premier League opposition since being consigned to liquidation in the summer and voted into the Irn-Bru Third Division.
Boss McCoist said: “It was really satisfying. I thought Matt Tennant jerseythe performance warranted the victory and the two goals were top-class.“It's a wee indicator to ourselves and the support that we can play against teams from the top of the league and higher up in the divisions but we can't get carried away.“It's a very small step on what's going to be a long road.“I make no apologies for telling the supporters that — we've got miles and miles to go.
“But it shows you, in a one-off game, we can compete with anybody.”Ten SPL News From:saintsjerseys4sale.comclubs voted against newco Rangers' application for entry to the top-flight in July.But McCoist denied there was additional satisfaction from reminding the SPL of exactly what they are missing as they dumped Motherwell.He said: “Not at all. I just wanted to win the game tonight to progress into the next round of the cup.“I was aware of who we were playing and they are top of the SPL and arguably the in-form team in the country at the moment.