Two seasons ago Vata played with Ben Doak and Owen Moffat in the Celtic B team, one got away almost as soon as possible while the other stayed on too long.
As everyone in Scottish football knows Ange Postecoglou lost three of his first six SPFL matches, a run that is buying Beale time after he splashed the cash during the summer and appeared to come up with a forward line less interested and potent than Kemar Roofe, Alfredo Morelos and…
The problems Celtic face with Hatate and Abada, and probably Matt O’Riley is that they are already on long term deals with relatively modest wages.
And for as poor as Morelos was at times, even playing 50% he offered more than Danillo or Dessers, who, thus far, have shown nothing.
Next week against PSV Eindhoven the serious broadcasters move in leaving the BBC with some radio coverage while the licence payer stumps up for the expenses claims from some very elite Geneva restaurants.
When broken glass mysteriously appeared in Joe Hart’s goalmouth in full view of the Ibrox groundstaff Nicholson said nothing about the selective failing of the CCTV covering 20% of the stadium.
With problems in front of goal Beale spent £3.5m on Sam Lammers, £5m on Cyriel Dessers then topped than off by spending £5.5m on Danilo from Feyenoord mainly based on the fact that he has a Brazilian passport.
As an attacking left winger Podence would tick a huge box for Celtic but it is hard to see the club going beyond £5/6m for someone turning 28 in October while trying to put together a salary package compared to his current Wolves deal.
Following the Glasgow Derby Celtic don’t play again until September 16 when they host Dundee which probably eases the decision on Hatate for Ibrox.
A direct replacement for Jota is unlikely but as Rodgers redesigns the Celtic squad it might be a case that Fraser fits the bill with Romano expecting talks to progress this week.