Nancy tells Celtic’s most valuable player to find another club by January and that she wants to replace him with the former Rangers striker

Wilfried Nancy hails Celtic players’ ‘quality’ but says there is one thing they can improve

Wilfried Nancy is already getting to grips with the size of the task that awaits him at Celtic.

After spending the day at Lennoxtown on Thursday, Nancy sat down for his first press conference in charge.

The Hoops boss was very complimentary of the supporters after revealing he had already met some.

He’s also worked with his squad and overseen a training session in preparation for Sunday’s mammoth game against Hearts.

There won’t be much time to impose his style, but the 48-year-old has already noticed one thing about his team.

Wilfried Nancy calls for more belief from his Celtic squad

Celtic head into the top of the table clash level on points with Hearts with a chance to go top, with a game in hand.

They managed to win all five of their league games under Martin O’Neill whereas Hearts are winless in their last four.

While the Bhoys should be confident, Nancy feels, from what he has seen so far, that his players need to have more belief in themselves.

He said: “Quality players but they have to believe a little bit more about themselves. After that, tactical flexibility. We have players who can play in different positions – this is important to have players who can play in two positions minimum.

“I like the diversity. It’s important to keep Scottish players, but also players from elsewhere.

“For me, it’s important to have desire to do well. I want my players to be confident and humble.”

Alexandro Bernabei faces disastrous relegation in Brazil after £4.5m move from Celtic

Alexandro Bernabei was one of the best performers in Brazil while on loan there from Celtic.

Some pundits were even calling for him to be called up by the national side, unaware that he is actually Argentinian.

It seemed like a perfect situation for all parties – it hadn’t worked out for Bernabei in Glasgow, and Celtic ended up making a profit when they sold him to Internacional for £4.5 million.

Since then, things have taken something of a nosedive. Manager Roger Machado was sacked, and when the decorated Ramon Diaz replaced him, the side’s form got even worse.

With just one league match remaining, they now face the unthinkable prospect of relegation. So how on earth did this happen?

How ex-Celtic man Alexandro Bernabei reached the brink of relegation in Brazil

Inter are one of the most consistently competitive clubs in Brazil – since the turn of the century, they have been crowned South American champions twice.

They even defeated Barcelona to win the Club World Cup in 2006, on the greatest night of their modern history.