16 Quotes by Peter Lawwell

We accept we have our own issues, particularly with a section of our away support, and we will continue to tackle this.

We have reached saturation point commercially in Scotland and Ireland, which are our core markets, and we have to look at other areas, ... First and foremost, Du Wei is here as a footballer whom Gordon Strachan feels has great potential. If we can piggy-back on to that and get commercial benefits from it, all the better. The Chinese market is potentially even more lucrative than the Japanese one and we are already looking at a tour next year taking in both Shanghai and Japan.

We've signed a four-year deal, but there is a break in January, the purpose of which is really just to see how Du Wei settles over the next few months,

Neil has apologised and we know that his reaction was wrong.

Celtic has an option to keep him here to 2010 and we are absolutely delighted. He is a major player and he will be a major player in the future of Celtic.

He's coming straight from China, which has a very different lifestyle and culture, and we just need to wait and see how he settles.

It is ludicrous for anyone to suggest he is under pressure.

It is difficult to keep spending millions of pounds on top-class players,

Winning the league early gives us time to sit down with various people and discuss their futures. If it is right for them and right for us, we will do what we can.