Scottish Premiership: Ronny Deila vows to improve Celtic and welcomes new arrivals

Celtic manager Ronny Deila has used the international break to consider his opening two months in the job.

Deila took over from Neil Lennon in June and was thrown into the crucial Champions League qualifying campaign the following month, which ended with defeat to against Slovenian side NK Maribor.

Following the 1-1 Scottish Premiership draw with Dundee at Dens Park - Celtic's fourth game without a win - Deila travelled to Norway to see his family before returning refreshed, reinvigorated and ready to go

Ahead of the visit of Aberdeen to Celtic Park on Saturday, Deila is confident he will start to see progress from his team.

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"It was important to get some reflection, as it's been 10 stressful weeks with a high intensity,” Deila said in the Celtic View.

"So to get some days off and reflect on where we are and where the road is going has been nice and I'm looking forward to the games now.

"We have done a lot of good things but there are also things we can do better.

"We need to sort out how we are going to get more improvement in the team and work on the issues we need to tackle, both offensively and defensively.

We have bought in two very exciting players up front and that will make the squad and the competition in the team better, and we need that because of the amount of games we play.

"It takes time. We have made progress but there is still a long way to go.

"The squad is strong and we have many interesting games coming up so there are big opportunities to get more improvement and better results."

Celtic have strengthened the squad since the Dundee match by adding Serbia striker Stefan Scepovic on a four-year deal, while Swedish forward John Guidetti was signed on loan from Manchester City.

"I am very happy to get them in," said Deila.

"We have strikers but they are quite similar so to get in strikers who have different qualities is important.

"Now we have bought in two very exciting players up front and that will make the squad and the competition in the team better, and we need that because of the amount of games we play.