[Richie987]

Celtic financially aren't secure. A realistic budget would be to max. of 1.5mill. However, O'Neil is looking for youth defenders as Balde is a very good and experienced centreback to mould many players around.
When searching for talent i think O'Neil has made agreements with American and Belgic clubs (i read this in a article so very dubious...) that he will buy players from them if they are of good enough quality thus he has a "academy" in his pocket for other countries. When naming players that he could prize to Celtic......i can't think of many or one... i suppose he may be looking at championship players and such but realistically i can't see how a new back three (or four when replacing balde) can be brought with the quality and experience required to survive in the SPL.

My 2 cents.