Brendan Rodgers is confident of doing more business in the final month of the transfer window.
Since taking over from Ange Postecoglou last month the Irishman has overseen five new arrivals but only Maik Nawrocki appears to be first team ready.
Four emerging players from Korea, Norway and Australia are unlikely to be in the front line when Celtic go into the Champions League in the autumn with Europe the obstacle that Rodgers has benchmarked for progress.
Under Ange Postecoglou Celtic fans got used to transfer business being completed early but with a change in management comes a new timeline as Rodgers assesses the squad he has inherited and puts his priorities in place.
The Celtic boss told The Sun:
There’s still a long way to go in the window. We’d hope we can add some more before the window shuts.
Celtic’s central defensive issues should clear up over the next fortnight leaving that area of the park well covered.
The big unknown is whether there will be any more Jota-style offers coming in, having fast moving contingency plans will be needed with Liel Abada, Matt O’Riley and Reo Hatate capable of attracting the same level of bid as the former Benfica winger.
Him from Australia is history everyone should stop talking about him , history , in the past used us as a stepping stone move on.
Newsflash: In the modern game everyone uses us as a stepping stone.
Money talks and clubs down south and elsewhere have a hell of a lot more of it than us.
You’re right though, Ange is now in the past, but he brought us five trophies out of six and got us a reported £5M in compensation. Rodgers won two trebles and then £9M in compensation.
Forster, Van Dyke, Wanyama, Christie, Armstrong, Jota all went for more money.
Whatever job you are in, if someone comes and offers you three or good times your current salary, you would go as well.
Too many fans act like jilted lovers when a player or a manger leaves. To deny that is hypocrisy.
To quote Don Corleone, “It isn’t personal, it’s just business. ”
Our board’s job is to get the maximum for those leaving and then reinvest it wisely.
Yes a right back and left wolves had there chances there is a gap between full backs and centre backs wolves hit us on break a few times that wont happen in spl as wolves had a few speeders but it will happen in europe taylor hata passing was poor we had chances to send players through on goals buy the final ball was poor hata cuaght or gave ball away in danegerous area maybe a spell on bench will get epl out of his thoughts on this petfomance no chance
4 first team regulars left “the rangers” and they signed up 8 players with more (superstars) roumered to leave maybe they will get some money for the others roumered to leave as they got NOTHING for the regulars that have already left. On the other side of the city CELTIC lose 1 first team regular (Jota) and are given millions of pounds to replace him and have so far brought in 5 players with weeks to go until the transfer window shuts . “the rangers” had to buy early some would say that they panicked..we CELTIC don’t