Doyle spent last season on loan at Sheffield United with Blades boss Paul Heckingbottom keen to bring him back with the EPL newboys struggling for finances despite promotion.
Rodgers watched these developments from afar, raised his concerns when approached by Dermot Desmond and was reassured by Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay that things were now being done very differently.
If Romano hasn’t heard anything concrete it suggests that there are no deals close to a conclusion.
The dressing room that Chris Sutton shared with Henrik Larsson, Bobo Balde, Alan Thompson and Johan Mjallby was brimming with characters, social media outbursts would have been ‘dealt with’ internally but those days are long past.
Harking back to the good old days isn’t going to do Rodgers any favours in a dressing room full of treble winners.
Trying to dress up a goal-less first half against St Johnstone as a strong display doesn’t wash with Celtic supporters who are watching stale, predictable football.
Concentrating on the project market and balance sheet during the transfer window has had grim consequences on the pitch, the part of the business that actually matters.
It is the first start of the season for Johnston, Scales and Yang while Turnbull scored twice in the SPFL opener at home to Ross County.
It seems to many fans that Morelos could do no wrong despite signing off on possibly the most unprofessional standards ever seen in the SPFL.
Sutton expected to watch Celtic kick on over the summer months, in the Daily Record he shared his shock at the position his old club is in with six days left in the window