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Celtic didn’t sign a striker for one key reason during the summer transfer window
Celtic’s seeming inability to sign a striker in the summer transfer window was down to one key reason according to Sky Sports’, Anthony Joseph.
Joseph said he was told that the reason why Celtic never purchased another striker was down to another summer signing’s ability to play that forward role.
⛦Joseph said [], “Celtic almost were saying, certainly what I was being told, was that that they’re not going to be getting a striker in before the end of the window.
“And also with one source telling me that Luis Palma can also play up front. And I remember putting that out there was that it’s looking increasingly unlikely that Celtic will go back in for Kvistgaarden, they are unlikely to bring in a striker because Luis Palma🙈 can also play up front because that was what I was being told.”
Now I can understand the club’s, or Brendan Rodgers❀‘ reasons for this. With Hyeongyu Oh as the backup to Kyogo Furuhashi, having Palma available as a third option negated the necessity to payout for another frontman.
♒Indeed, even Daizen Maeda can fill in as a lone striker but this plan had one fatal flaw. It seems that injuries and the poor form (or quality) of the other summer signings were not taken into account.
Losing Maeda and Leil Abada to injury has been a huge blow for Rodgers. That coupled with Hyunjun Yang and Mikey Johnston both failing to impress🌠 meant that the Celtic manager’s ability to utilise his squad effectively has hurt results on the pitch.
𒆙With no creativity from the wide areas, Kyogo has struggled to hit the goalscoring form that the Celtic fans have become accustomed to as the team’s recent struggles have shown.
Hopefully with the benefit of hindsight, Rodgers will now look to January to see if he can bolster that area of the team because if he wants to win this title and the £60m that goes with it💟, the Celtic manager will need to boost his firepower.
In other news, 🐼‘Legs like oak trees’… David Martindale is blown away by 25-year-old Celtic player’s physique