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Brian McDermott reveals secret Celtic role in Ange’s transfer revolution as he turns attention to Hibs stars

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New Hibs director of football Brian McDermott has vowed to help find top stars for the Easter Road club after revealing his secret role in Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic revolution.The widely experienced former Reading and Leeds United boss was unveiled at HTC yesterday and takes on a huge remit overseeing the entire football department for first team, women and youth academy.

But it’s in recruitment that supporters will most heavily judge the 62-year-old who has spent the seven years since leaving his last managerial post in a range of scouting roles most notably for Arsenal but also for Celtic.McDermott revealed he’d cast his eyes over the likes of Kyogo Furuhashi, Reo Hatate and Daizen Maeda before the Hoops rubber-stamped Postecoglou’s targets.

Now he’s looking to have a similar hit rate at Hibs as he casts his net world wide. He said: "I've scouted in this country many, many times.

I've scouted at Hibs, I've watched Hibs-Hearts games."I did a lot of video scouting, after Covid. I was at Arsenal for a long time, looking at players all over the world."I scouted at Celtic - I did it quietly - and all the players you see playing for them now, I watched.

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