Cooperation Deal Latest – Celtic hold talks with Inverness Caley Thistle

Under the new cooperation system, clubs can register up to three players on a ‘Cooperation List,’ giving them the flexibility to switch back and forth between their parent club and the partner club involved in the agreement.

The Hoops currently have an existing link with Scottish Championship side Ayr United, managed by former Celtic captain Scott Brown. On loan at Ayr includes midfielders Kyle Ure and Jude Bonnar and the Somerset Park club have the option to bring in an additional player if required before the transfer window shuts.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s interim chief executive, Charlie Christie, revealed that discussions have taken place with Celtic about forming a partnership, but stressed that nothing has yet been finalised. Charlie, father of ex-Hoops playmaker Ryan, mentioned that Celtic’s Player Pathway manager Shaun Maloney had made contact to explore a possible partnership.

Speaking via The Inverness Courier, Christie said: “We have been offered it by two or three clubs. Shaun Maloney drove up from Glasgow and said to me that they had done the data on the way Caley Thistle play.”

“He said that we are only one of two clubs in League One that they would put players to and that is a compliment to Scott Kellacher. Celtic is one we are looking at. When you look at the quality we have in our team, it is like us loaning players out to the Highland League; they need to be playing.”

Scott Kellacher’s side currently sit eighth on one point in League 1 despite winning two out of their first three matches this season. They were given a five-point deduction due to the financial issues they endured last campaign, but the Highlanders are favourites to win the title and head back to the Championship for the first time in two years.

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