The well of good-will to Odsonne Edouard ran dry last night in Denmark.
The former Paris Saint Germain striker, the record goal-scorer for the French u-21 side made no impression whatsoever on the Midtjylland as Celtic crashed out of the Champions League to Midtjylland.
Nothing went right for Edouard, the most concerning aspect was that it didn’t seem to bother him too much. The striker is generally quite laid back but last night’s performance seemed to cross a border.
If it wasn’t laid on a plate to him it wasn’t worth contesting, passes to team-mates were under-hit, in the air he was barely able to contest a ball.
With less than a year to go on his contract the warning signs have been obvious. Typical of Celtic there was no Plan B with Albian Ajeti the only striker on the bench. At home Leigh Griffiths was nursing a calf strain after failing to play a full 90 minutes in the whole of last season.
Brighton may be about to come in with the £20m offer to take Edouard to the EPL, if it happens it will be the weakest sign off following four years of scoring highlights but marred by a half-hearted farewell.
After a disappointing performance from Edouard tonight, should Celtic cash in on the current interest? ?@JohnHartson10 believes the problems run much deeper than that ?
?? “Celtic are in a massive transition…it’s going to take, for me, two years to get back on track.” pic.twitter.com/GxUdrdYs4i
— Premier Sports ? (@PremierSportsTV) July 28, 2021
This might be the worst I’ve seen Edouard in a Celtic shirt.
Fingers crossed the Brighton deal is concluded in the coming days.
Great player, wish we could keep a hold of him but his head is gone.
— Everything Celtic (@aboutceltic) July 28, 2021
Need rid ASAP great player na not fir me its not possible for a “great player” to turn in some of the performances we have seen from him over the years
— Ian Campbell (@cambybhoy) July 29, 2021
He had been putting on this ‘lack of effort’ now for some time. As long as he’s getting paid by Celtic then he should be committed. Would ring alarm bells for any interested buyer too! Disgraceful tonight
— TimSaDon (@timw88) July 28, 2021
Absolutely. I’m now struggling to remember his last good game. Au revoir. (spoiler alert:he may now score the winner….)
— Tom for Indy ?????????? (@tompater_tom) July 28, 2021
His head was gone. So obvious to see
— Withdean to Wembley (@BHAFC_W2W) July 28, 2021
Book him on a flight from Denmark to Brighton
— Nic Ó’Dubhthaigh? (@NickDuffy7) July 28, 2021
Cmon mate, he’s stealing a shirt at Celtic now. No excuse for lack of effort and desire
— Kingdom Celtic ? (@celticnow1) July 28, 2021
Shocking performance. Can’t believe he’s still on the park.
— Colin MacDonald (@Gollymac67) July 28, 2021
Sorry but Eddy played the way he’s played more often than not for the last 12 months.
He’s either nowhere near as good a player as we all thought he was or he’s not trying a lick.
— MonTheHoopleheads (@hoopleheads_) July 28, 2021