Usually friendlies aren’t to be read too much into, but there were a few interesting talking points in the Celtic B starting XI for their match against Ayr United in Michael Moffat’s testimonial. This gave some fringe players an opportunity to get a rare outing in a
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Many fans have questioned whether Celtic were well enough prepared for this season’s Champions League endeavours. There is definitely room for improvement in the Celtic team and there is a school of thought that last season’s questionable recruitment has contributed to that. The players signed in the
Read more →As Brendan Rodgers’ side readies itself for European football’s premier competition, there were plenty of talking points around Celtic’s Champions League squad. There were some shock inclusions with the likes of Irish pair Mikey Johnston and the resurgent Liam Scales making the cut, whilst others may feel
Read more →Brendan Rodgers’ arrival at Celtic brought with it more questions than answers. He inherited a squad that had been refined to Ange Postecoglou’s liking and questions started to arise at to how Brendan would assess some of the players who thrived under Ange’s system. More specifically, our
Read more →Carl Starfelt has joined up with Rafa Benitez and Spanish side Celta Vigo in Spain’s La Liga for an undisclosed fee. Arriving at the club as one of the first signings of Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic revolution, Starfelt, much like Postecoglou, came in for some early criticism with
Read more →Celtic’s fifth summer signing was finally announced today, and Maik Nawrocki looks every inch the centre-half we’ve been waiting for. A fee of £4.3 million has been paid to Legia Warsaw in what became the fifth incoming transaction between the two clubs over the years. Our new
Read more →Let me preface this blog with a little bit of background. For those who don’t know me I have lived in Asia for the past 17 years. The vast majority of that time has been spent in Japan. When I first moved to Tokyo in 2006, Shunsuke
Read more →After taking a look at the goalkeeping options available to Brendan Rodgers in the first part of our squad assessment, we now move forward one place on the pitch and review the centre-back position. The centre-back situation at Celtic is a strange one due to the gulf
Read more →With Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic tenure now over and the search for a new manager seemingly narrowed down to one man, Brendan Rodgers, we are close to embarking on another new era at the club. The appointment of a new manager generally brings with it new staff, new
Read more →Since the beginning of May, Celtic have been without main man Cameron Carter-Vickers as he recovers from a knee operation that had been delayed as long as possible. The American international defender is set to miss the rest of the season, causing Ange Postecoglou more defensive problems
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