Trapattoni: Donati can lift Celtic to new level
tribalfooball.com - July 09, 2007
Italian super coach Giovanni Trapattoni says Massimo Donati can take Celtic to a new level next season.
Now in charge of Red Bull Salzburg, Trapattoni said: "They are up there near the very top of European football, on a par with the Italian, English and Spanish sides. I definitely think they can go to the quarter-final stage. They reached the last 16 last year and only lost to a great team like AC Milan.
"Massimo was one of the best players at youth level in the national team," he said. "I knew about him eight years ago and he was always very impressive. He is a good personality and is still young enough to do well with Celtic. He can play confidently and has everything needed to succeed in the Scottish game.
"Why did it not work out for him at AC Milan? He was not a big star. In football you have fantasy players, the creative ones, but Massimo is the kind of player I was: he is solid, like concrete, and that is what is needed in Scotland."
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