Celtic aren’t short of midfield options but until last Saturday most fans would have started with Callum McGregor and Hatate plus AN Other as their midfield trio.
Beale brought in nine new players before the first game of the season at Kilmarnock, his THIRTIETH match in charge of the club.
So it was mainly pain management. Some weeks, I wouldn’t train at the start of the week and just come in at the end.
With Carl Starfelt joining Celta Vigo on Thursday the bulk of that fee is on its way to Sweden as Lagerbielke becomes the second major addition to the Celtic defence following the arrival of Maik Nawrocki.
Pat Nevin’s book is called ‘The Accidental Footballer’, but he’s suffering from some kind of accidental memory loss.
The wording of the Sky Sports report strongly suggests that an agent is the creator with two un-named clubs to sniff out other interest.
The Celtic boss had spoken warmly of connecting with Bernabei, getting the chance to improve his Spanish, but no one should underestimate Rodgers’ friendly supportive personality as a weakness.
Ben Summers is believed to be close to joining Dunfermline but before Vata can contemplate that type of move he will have to extend his Celtic contract beyond the end of this season.
Hatate looked in absolute top form when Celtic played Yokohama F Marinos and Gamba Osaka but looked badly off the pace in his 45 minute appearance against Athletic Bilbao.
Fluttering his eyelashes in training caught the attention of Micky Beale who brought Cantwell into his side to face Servette with the Scary Scouser John Lundstram dumped onto the bench