"I had heard his grandad used to be Celtic chairman. We had to stall. I thought 'I am going to try and get his dad down to give us a little bit of stalling time'."
"We got him to The Belfry (golf club) and got the pro to play him - which gave us another 4-5 hours to rustle up the £2m because we didn't have it at the time."
"I remember Neil Lennon's son telling me the best player in Scotland was John McGinn. He was at Hibs at the time, Lenny, so I got straight on the phone to him and said we need to find out about McGinn."
Celtic pursued midfielder John McGinn, but Aston Villa secured him first. Steve Bruce revealed that McGinn's family ties to Celtic complicated the deal. To buy time, Bruce arranged a golf outing with McGinn's father, which allowed Villa to gather the necessary funds. McGinn has since developed into a top player. Celtic's summer transfer window was challenging, as they missed out on several targets and lost Moussa Dembele without signing a replacement, eventually opting for Youssuf Mulumbu instead.
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