CELTIC manager Ange Postecoglou has likened searching for players to when his wife goes shopping.

The Hoops gaffer admits he has a clear idea of what he looks from in a player in each area of the pitch - just like his wife has a clear idea of what she's looking for when going shopping.

The Australian has been hugely successful in the transfer market in his seven months in charge so far, with the likes of Kyogo Furuhashi, Reo Hatate, Joe Hart and Matt O’Riley all hitting the ground running.

But while he may have a clear idea about what he's looking for in a football player, he admits he's clueless when he goes shopping with his wife.

Speaking to Australian outlet Stan Sport, he had the presenters laughing with the shopping analogy. 

He said: “It comes to me having a real clear idea of how you want the game to be played.

“I’ve often said I could go into a shop with my wife and she’ll know exactly what to pick and buy - I’ve got no idea.

“When I go looking for players I’m the same. I’ve got a real clear idea. When I see what I want I picture them in my team and when they fit that picture most of the time it works.

“It comes back to the first thing is that I have absolute clarity about how I want my team to play.

“What quality each player should have in each position and that should make it easier for the players as well because they’ve already got some of the things I’m looking for so their adjustment period becomes quicker.

“The players I’ve brought in have hit the ground running and people ask why so quickly but it’s because I already know they’ve go the attributes I’m looking for and the rest is just understanding the gameplay.

“In terms of the Japanese players, it was about treating them as individuals because sometimes those stereotypical things we think about in life in general don’t ring true and the four boys I’ve brought over are totally different people and different types of players.”