Excited Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou admits he is delighted to swap video meetings for the real thing after finally making his arrival at Lennoxtown on Wednesday.
The 55-year-old completed strict quarantine rules in London and is now down to business ahead of next month's crunch Champions League qualifier against Midtjylland.
Postecoglou joins Celtic at a time where the club must mount an instant response to Premiership champions Rangers after Steven Gerrard's side romped to the title.
Several key transfer questions remain unanswered with Odsonne Edouard, Olivier Ntcham, Kris Ajer and Ryan Christie all prime candidates to move on the summer.
But the former Yokohama boss admits he's just glad to able to get an up close look of his new players.
He said: “I’m not a fan of Zoom even though it’s been our existence for 18 months so I was keen to get up here as soon as possible.
“I had to do quarantine and make sure we followed all the protocols but being here now is exactly where I wanted to be.
“Ultimately, people want to get to know me. It’s one thing to have ideas and talk about what you want to do but people need to meet me and understand me as a person as much as a manager. You can’t do that unless you meet people in person and we’ll start that process now.”
Postecoglou admits he's now hell-bent on making an instant impact after enjoying success in Australia and Japan.
And he even joked horror stories of the Scottish climate have failed to dampen his enthusiasm for his new role.
He added: “It’s great to be here.
"It’s been a tough three weeks to get here but I’m super happy to be here now.
"I got to meet everyone and put everything in place that we need to. It’s been fantastic. I already had some familiarity with it but it’s a great set-up. The people here are fantastic and I’m looking forward to working with everyone. Everyone keeps warning me about the weather but it all looks pretty beautiful at the moment.”
