Ronny Deila has explained why he is loathe to bring any more loan signings to Celtic.
After taking charge in June 2014 Deila brought in Jason Denayer, Aleksandar Tonev, John Guidetti and Wakaso Mubarek on loan with mixed results.
Denayer picked up the Young Player of the Year award but played his way out of Celtic’s price range while Guidetti failed to build on the dynamic start he made to his hoops career as his agent talked up interest from other clubs. Tonev and Mubarek barely featured before moving quietly back to their parent clubs.
Last August Tyler Blackett was brought in from Manchester United but the emergence of Kieran Tierney and the arrival of Jozo Simunovic has pushed Blackett down the pecking order. During the summer Celtic were strongly linked with a loan move for Real Madrid’s Martin Oddegard but no business was concluded for the former Stromsgodset teenager.
Weekend reports suggested that Celtic were looking to bring in Manchester City teenager Patrick Roberts but speaking to the Evening Times after the win over St Johnstone Deila made a convincing argument against loan deals.
“I learned a lot last season,” Deila said. “We played some excellent football in the second-half of the season and we were looking very good but then we lost Virgil Van Dijk and Jason Denayer finished his loan spell.
“It meant that there was a lot of work to do there. But, of course, that is an ideal. Football is not always so straight as that.
“I wouldn’t rule out a loan deal because you never know what might happen, but it would be fair to say that we would hopefully be looking at it becoming a permanent move.”
You learned a lot last year? Actually, you never learned enough Ronny. If you had you would have resigned long before now because what should have been learned is that you are the worst manager in our history and that you will never improve.
Worst manager in our history, would have won the treble last year, for not being blatantly cheated out the Scottish cup.
HH
“If you know their history” and you obviously don’t!
That’s plenty Billy, away back to your deid club and stop being obsessed.
Totally agree unless it’s an emergency with know cover, better to get players in that want to be here, and we can build a team around.
HH
We don’t need someone else’s player playing for us in that position. Why should we improve other teams players? What does it say to the young lads trying to break through? If he comes in then Ronny really has no authority.
why do we have a development team its a disgrace to sign loan players we can now see why Scottish players and the game has not been rated in the World game
remember the days when Scottish players dominated England stop this nonsense now and develop the kids