Leipzip central defender, Marvin Compper (32), us cup-tied for the Europa League but that is of little concern to Brendan Rodgers as he looks to reshape his team for the future. We are not buying for the Europa League, Celtic’s primary responsibility in each transfer window is to prepare for future Champions League qualifiers.
There is likely to be a bit of traffic in-and-out in central defence over the next couple of transfer windows. What Brendan needs before any activity gets underway is that he has sufficiently experience headcount in place to see him through to 1 September 2018.
We were in a very similar situation in June this year. Patrick Roberts was wanted back at the club, but there was never any certainty Manchester City would agree. That left James Forrest as the only right mid option – and James is not unfamiliar with an injury lay-off. As a consequence, we recruited Jonny Hayes early in the window, to increase our options at right mid from one to two.
There’s a good chance we are going to be shopping for a central defender in the summer, but we will be reluctant to sell any of the three seniors in the squad without an experienced addition.
Compper fits the bill. He is at the stage of his career where a former German international (albeit with limited experience of the NT) would consider a move to Scotland. He is three years younger than Kolo Toure when he joined, so we can hope for a bit more from him. It will be interesting to see what he is like on the deck.
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Good morning Ianbhoy929.
Given that it’s a matchday, it’s not like you not to mention our opponents and the word ‘pumping’ ;-)
Marvin Compper having his medical, BR & PL in London yesterday supposedly to discuss Charly Musonda loan deal, Lewis Morgan (with loan back) & Jack Hendry also on the January radar to arrive.
What would Chris Davies refer to as a busy month?
As Jobo says reset button pressed, unlike some on here who just hit the repeat button.
H.H
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/hearts-attack-stops-celtic-69/
Hearts deserved winners as they played the game their way. Was it as bad as it seemed on Sunday? The records slipped away on the Tynecastle mud and the Hoops must now regroup.
Good afternoon from Kuala Lumpur Airport, almost at the end of my journey.
So we are signing Martin Compston? ;-) That should certainly arrest the haemorrhage of goals we have experienced recently.
jetlaggedcsc
Right there was some mild criticism of my Uxbridge stuff hogging the blog in the morning so I will leave this aside for now.
If anyone is interested, I can put up the links that will let them read it at their leisure.
I am more interested in tonight’s game and going for 1 iar. Although we should win it, Thistle are a desperate team at the bottom of the table, 2 points behind Ross County, who have a better squad, and 4 points behind Dundee, who have better young players. They have an abysmal away record with 0 wins and 3 draws in 9 away fixtures, scoring 4 times and conceding 20.
I cannot see the so-called Hearts/ Anderlecht tactics (forget that Aberdeen, Hibs and Sevco tried to do the same) being employed by Alan Archibald’s squad. I think we’ll see much more of a Park Your Bus style, with a hope that Spittal or Erskine can break with the ball to Doolan, their main scorer, and give them something to defend.
As usual, it will be about what we do. I expect a win but strange things happen around Xmas fixtures.
new article posted.