Paul Tisdale can “make a difference” for Celtic after being appointed head of football operations, according to manager Brendan Rodgers.
The former Exeter manager worked for the Parkhead club over the summer on a consultancy basis, and was hired on a full-time basis earlier this week.
Rodgers firmly believes Tisdale can “make a difference” for Celtic.
“I’m absolutely delighted that he’s in,” the Northern Irishman said.
“Paul is a talented guy and he joins talented people that we have here at the club, and that’s what we want to strive to bring in. People that can help us make a difference and people that are compatible with the philosophy here and how we work.
“He’s also had managerial experience, which I’m really pleased with as well, and that was also a factor. He understands football, he understands the game.
“He’s managed for a long time also, so he knows from what it takes on the field and he obviously knows that balance between how you need to work with your board.”
Rodgers says time spent with Tisdale over the summer showed an encouraging “compatibility”, and went into detail on how the pair will work together moving forwards.
“I spent a good period of time with him here and over the course of the summer I had long meetings,” Rodgers continued.
“When you bring in someone in that role, there is a specificness to it in terms of the recruitment and analytics and whatnot. But it has to be compatible with my personality, with the philosophy of the club and how we want to work in the team. And it fitted really well over the course of the summer.
“I’m informed by data, but I wouldn’t be driven by it. We can get lots of information, lots of data on certain things now. And Paul’s side of it is purely more on the actual performance of a player that will fit into our model and whether that player fits closely, and he can bring the football analytical stuff to that, as well as overseeing that recruitment process.”
