Peter Lawwell
Peter Lawwell
Peter Lawwell is the chief executive of the Scottish Premier League football club Celtic F.C...
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We accept we have our own issues, particularly with a section of our away support, and we will continue to tackle this.
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Winning the league early gives us time to sit down with various people and discuss their futures. If it is right for them and right for us, we will do what we can.
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It is difficult to keep spending millions of pounds on top-class players,
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We have an option over four years, but we are very hopeful because he is doing very well and he is a terrific lad.
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Celtic has an option to keep him here to 2010 and we are absolutely delighted. He is a major player and he will be a major player in the future of Celtic.
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Neil has apologised and we know that his reaction was wrong.
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The board is right behind Gordon. He needs time and will be given time to get it right,
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We have reached saturation point commercially in Scotland and Ireland, which are our core markets, and we have to look at other areas, ... First and foremost, Du Wei is here as a footballer whom Gordon Strachan feels has great potential. If we can piggy-back on to that and get commercial benefits from it, all the better. The Chinese market is potentially even more lucrative than the Japanese one and we are already looking at a tour next year taking in both Shanghai and Japan.
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We've signed a four-year deal, but there is a break in January, the purpose of which is really just to see how Du Wei settles over the next few months,
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There were a number of other clubs trying to sign Kenny. We are delighted to have won the race and signed Kenny on a long-term contract.
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It is ludicrous for anyone to suggest he is under pressure.
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He's coming straight from China, which has a very different lifestyle and culture, and we just need to wait and see how he settles.
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The close-season transfer activity resulted in a substantial reduction in football wage costs and this, together with a planned reduction in amortisation costs will result in a reduced cost base and a sustainable financial position.
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The clause caused an unbelievable furore, ... but our rationale was that on 30 January he had an offer from Middlesbrough while we wanted him to stay to try and push on to retain the title. Time was running out to find a replacement, so we agreed to the get-out clause. We would be in no worse a position than if he had not signed for us. There are no regrets about the contract, the only regret is that we didn't win the title.