Strachan issues warning over 'threadbare' squad

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

GLASGOW, Scotland (AFP) — Celtic boss Gordon Strachan told fans not to expect big-name additions to his "threadbare" squad this season, adding that he does not have enough money to buy the leg of Tottenham's David Bentley.

Speaking in the Scottish Daily Record newspaper after Celtic's 2-0 pre-season friendly defeat at the hands of the London club, Strachan issued a stern transfer warning.

"Look at who they (Spurs) had tonight. Luka Modric, David Bentley, Dimitar Berbatov and then the left-back Gareth Bale comes on and he's worth 12 million pounds," he told the newspaper.

"We don't have that money and we have to do our best with what we've got and make the players better. What are our limits? Do you get half a Bentley, a quarter of Bentley? Do we get a...