In a recent dissection of Celtic’s poor strategy in the transfer market, the conversation has moved to how man players in the door over the past 8 months were really players Rodgers wanted.
The club’s approach to player acquisitions and departures has been under the microscope, especially following the unexpected retention of Gustaf Lagerbielke, despite anticipation of his exit. Lagerbielke, notably, has yet to make an appearance in the squad since his move was called off, an occurrence that has not gone unnoticed among the Celtic support.
In January, Rodgers and Celtic allowed players, including Marco Tilio, who has since joined Melbourne FC on a loan spell, Hyeokkyu Kwon, who made the switch to St Mirren in Paisley, to link up with Stephen Robinson’s side, and the aforementioned Lagerbielke had one foot out the door, three men who only signed in the summer.
Shock jock Ewan Cameron weighed in on the matter during his appearance on the Big Scottish Football Podcast.
Cameron posited that Rodgers has had little to no influence on who has come in the door to this point, and while Cameron is someone we don’t usually agree with, the facts seem to speak for themselves.
Cameron’s analysis suggests a disconnect between Rodgers and acquisitions, citing their scant playing time as evidence, speaking about Lagerbielke and Nawrocki he said: “They’re definitely not Brendan Rodgers’ signings… He doesn’t rate them,” Cameron stated, hinting at a possible divergence in strategy between Rodgers and the scouting department, with the latter perhaps having more influence over these decisions.
Right now, because of injury, we have two players in the heart of defence Stephen Welsh and Liam Scales who couldn’t get a game over the past two seasons while Celtic hoovered up silverware. Rodgers starting both or even one of them over either Nawrocki or Lagerbielke says a lot.
