The Brendan Rodgers January 2019 clip that should be haunting Celtic’s Recruitment Team

Ten days into the January Transfer Window and there appears to be no imminent arrivals at Celtic Park.

After assessing the squad last June Brendan Rodgers told Mark Lawwell that he needed four quality additions to the squad.

Aaron Mooy then announced his retirement, Celtic sold Jota and Carl Starfelt despite both players being on long term contracts and having the guarantee of Champions League football in the season ahead.

Incoming, Lawwell Mini presented the returning manager with seven projects, Rodgers has got a tune out of Luis Palma but the Honduran wouldn’t have seen much game time last season.

The reason that Rodgers is back is because he left. Only a complete idiot wouldn’t conclude that Celtic’s January 2019 Transfer Business played a big factor in seeking out the move to Leicester, three weeks after the window closed.

Manny Perez and Andrew Gutman can be added to that list.

Losing to AEK Athens in a Champions League qualifier should have set off alarm bells throughout Celtic that after winning the SPFL title getting through two qualifiers has to be the complete focus.

Instead Peter Lawwell was losing out again to Rod Petrie, this time over John McGinn.

None of Lawwell’s January 2019 signings were involved in the Champions League exit to Cluj.

After hitting the jackpot by selling Kieran Tierney Lawwell brought in Boli Bolingoli and Chris Jullien, neither started at home to the Romanian champions with Neil Lennon deciding to play Callum McGregor at left back.