SIX of the Celtic team that played the last time the champions faced Dundee at Dens Park on January 14 this year are no longer at Parkhead.
The Hoops led twice in a topsy-turvy encounter against Sunday’s opponents before they had to rely on a stoppage-time penalty-kick from Arne Engels to salvage a 3-3 draw.
Kyogo Furuhashi, Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah all fired blanks against the Taysiders with Luke McCowan and Yang Hyun-jun joining the £11million Belgian playmaker as the visitors’ marksmen.
GONE BHOYS…Kyogo Furuhashi slams a shot against Dundee keeper Trevor Carson as Nicolas Kuhn looks on during the 3-3 draw at Dens Park in January.
It was Kyogo’s third last appearance for the club before his £10million switch to French outfit Rennes. The Japanese hitman, of course, returned to the UK in the summer when he joined Championship side Birmingham City.
German winger Kuhn moved to Serie A Como in July for £17.2million and Republic of Ireland international powerhouse Idah, who cost £9.5million from Norwich City the previous summer, was also on his way in August when he agreed to a £6million move to Swansea City.
That took the tally to £33.2million for the three attackers.
Greg Taylor left at the end of his contract for Greek side PAOK while Luis Palma accepted a season-long loan at Polish outfit Lech Poznan.
GONE BHOY…Adam Idah is denied by diving Dundee keeper Trevor Carson.
Completing the six departures was Alex Valle who cut short his temporary switch from Barcelona to return to his parent club en route to Como where he is once again a team-mate of Kuhn.
New Bhoys Marcelo Saracchi, Benjamin Nygren, Kelechi Iheanacho, Michel-Ange Balikwisha and Sebastian Tounekti could all get their first taste of Dens Park at the weekend.
The team that drew 3-3 at the turn of the year was: Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor (sub: Valle 70); Bernardo (sub: Engels 61), McGregor, McCowan (sub: Hatate 61); Yang (sub: Palma 70), Idah (sub: Kuhn 61) and Kyogo.
