Over the last month there has been a noticeable campaign to talk up Ryan Kent as some sort of playmaker, a game changer.
It seems that scoring one SPFL goal during 2022 jarred at a few nerves while Celtic have three wingers regularly finding the net and delivering with assists.
Every transfer window the ‘Leeds set to bid for Kent’ story surfaces and fades away without the slightest sign of an offer being made. Now with his contract expiring in May things are getting serious/desperate over the former Liverpool starlet who never played a game at Anfield.
Putting together a Combined Glasgow XI is a favoured space-filler requiring top spin to shoehorn a couple of players from the less successful team into the Select XI.
Kris Commons knew something about scoring goals from wide positions, in his Daily Mail column he left his diplomatic hat aside as he assessed a winger in each side:
Ryan Kent ahead of Jota? Don’t make me laugh. I’ve said it before this season — Jota is the player Ryan Kent dreams of being.
Kent is a show pony who too often flatters to deceive. His end product is woeful for a player who cost Rangers £7million.
To be honest, Celtic could probably field two entirely different midfields who would still be better than Rangers’ first-choice trio.
Rangers are so slow and pedestrian in the middle of the park. They lack ideas and creativity — and that’s where I expect Celtic to expose them this afternoon.
Kent seems certain to start today’s match, Jota will probably be on the bench with Daizen Maeda put in against James Tavernier.
