Post by Taxigirl on Jul 22, 2004 9:06:48 GMT
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Celtic manager Martin O'Neill admits he may not make it to the club's pre-season North American tour at all.
O'Neill already confirmed he will miss the first two friendlies against Chelsea and Liverpool because of his wife's health worries.
"I'd certainly hope to get out for our last two games (Man Utd and Roma),said O'Neill. "The truth is that will depend a lot on how things are at home.
"I'm reluctant to miss any of it at all because I enjoyed last year's trip."
O'Neill's assistants, John Robertson and Steve Walford, will take charge of the team for the first two games of the lucrative tour.
The former Leicester manager felt compelled last week to end speculation over his future by confirming that he will be in charge at Celtic Park for the forthcoming season.
And O'Neill admits the club's lack of new signings is causing some concern.
Henrik Larsson, Johan Mjallby, Liam Miller and Jamie Smith have all left Celtic Park, while youngsters John Kennedy and Shaun Maloney are suffering from long-term injuries.
"I'm a little disappointed but that's just the situation we're in," O'Neill told the Celtic View.
"Certain circumstances have prevented that, not least my own personal situation, and in an ideal world we would certainly have liked to have brought one or two players out there (USA) with us.
"But I will be using the next week while the team are away to attempt to progress some things that we're working on.
"I would imagine that the positions we want to strengthen are relatively obvious and I'll certainly be spending all my available time attempting to do that."
Celtic manager Martin O'Neill admits he may not make it to the club's pre-season North American tour at all.
O'Neill already confirmed he will miss the first two friendlies against Chelsea and Liverpool because of his wife's health worries.
"I'd certainly hope to get out for our last two games (Man Utd and Roma),said O'Neill. "The truth is that will depend a lot on how things are at home.
"I'm reluctant to miss any of it at all because I enjoyed last year's trip."
O'Neill's assistants, John Robertson and Steve Walford, will take charge of the team for the first two games of the lucrative tour.
The former Leicester manager felt compelled last week to end speculation over his future by confirming that he will be in charge at Celtic Park for the forthcoming season.
And O'Neill admits the club's lack of new signings is causing some concern.
Henrik Larsson, Johan Mjallby, Liam Miller and Jamie Smith have all left Celtic Park, while youngsters John Kennedy and Shaun Maloney are suffering from long-term injuries.
"I'm a little disappointed but that's just the situation we're in," O'Neill told the Celtic View.
"Certain circumstances have prevented that, not least my own personal situation, and in an ideal world we would certainly have liked to have brought one or two players out there (USA) with us.
"But I will be using the next week while the team are away to attempt to progress some things that we're working on.
"I would imagine that the positions we want to strengthen are relatively obvious and I'll certainly be spending all my available time attempting to do that."