Accusing Chairman Peter Lawwell, CEO Michael Nicholson, and manager Brendan Rodgers of being responsible for the January transfer window debacle, Chris Sutton called Celtic’s transfer policy “bonkers.” And he believes that Celtic is taking a risk on winning the championship after failing to bolster the team during the January transfer window, which came after Brendan Rodgers’ team generated more projects than first team players during the summer transfer window.
According to the former Celtic striker, the January window activities should have begun on September 1st of last year, and Celtic ought to have a long list of potential acquisitions for the many positions we were considering. Rather, Sutton believes that the list was misplaced behind the couch, leaving Celtic to fumble around in the last days of the window with little success.
According to Sutton, the approach is confused; keeping Gustaf Lagerbielke in place despite Cameron Carter-Vickers’ recent injury while selling David Turnbull to Cardiff City in spite of Reo Hatate’s ailment is nonsensical and weakens Celtic in the middle of the field. Sutton observes that Turnbull has a keen sense of aim.
Although he pledged to address the situation for the summer, Brendan Rodgers acknowledged Monday that the team ought to have been more daring during the transfer window, which resulted in an excess of income over the minimal expenditure. Sutton, however, points out that it wasn’t broken before he came, citing Celtic’s past success under Ange Postecoglou in moving on and bringing in first-team players of high caliber like Matt O’Riley, Joe Hart, Kyogo, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Jota, Josip Juranovic, Daizen Maeda, and others.
“It makes sense why the supporters are growing impatient. In his weekend column in the Daily Record, Sutton said, “If they thought the jeers after defeating Ross County were bad, just wait for what is in store if results start to go wrong in the next couple of weeks.”
“There is anger in the stands building. But even worse than that – there is also apathy due to what they feel is a lack of ambition. If the supporters begin to wonder what is the point, we might as well be back to the Ronny Deila days when Celtic had to shut the top tier.
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