Wilfried Nancy wants Columbus Crew backroom staff Kwame Ampadu and Yoann Dammet to join him at Celtic .

The French Canadian is close to being named as the replacement for Brendan Rodgers in what would be his first coaching role outside North America.

The 48-year-old has won the MLS Cup and Leagues Cup in the last two years and was named MLS Coach of the Year. Last year he took Columbus Crew to the CONCACAF Champions Cup final.

Herald Sport understands Nancy has been quietly sounding out former colleagues with experience of Scottish football in recent days and has already provided an outline of the kind of players he wants to sign in January.

He is also likely to be joined in Glasgow by Ampadu, the coach of Exeter City U18s when Celtic's head of football operations Paul Tisdale was

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