Stephen McManus says the most important part of his job as manager of Celtic B is to develop young players and help them progress to the first team.
The 42-year-old has been in charge of the club's second team for three seasons.
McManus led the youngsters to a second-place finish in the Lowland League, Scotland's fifth tier, last term.
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Recently speaking to the media to preview the first team's friendly with Newcastle United next month, the Scot, former club captain, was quizzed on what his key focus is in his B team role: "It always remains the same," he said.
"Our job is to try and develop young players to get them into our first team. It never changes.
"For us, it's not results on the paramount. They're not the most important thing. That's what the manager and the first team staff has.
"Our job is to develop young players to try and get them ready for first team football. Hopefully it's in our first team or it's somebody else's first team. That's what we try and do.
"We try and bridge the gap. The biggest jump in our football club is between the first team and the B team. There's absolutely no doubt.
"So our job is to try and develop the players. Again, we trust experiences that we've had the benefit. For us, we've been that young player."
