That seems mainly based on a few suspect displays towards the end of last season but the absence of Cameron Carter-Vickers had a destabilising effect on the entire Celtic defence.
Beale and the Ibrox PR team are constantly tracking social media with much of the club’s policies formed from the most extreme views on forums and fan sites.
Recruiting players that are superior to the current squad while staying within a realistic salary range is proving to be the difficult part with the SPFL far from the most attractive of leagues for players to move to.
In contrast Beale has had nine months to prepare for the start of this season, he has had Todd Cantwell and Nico Raskin under his wing since January boosted by NINE summer signings all done and dusted in time for the SPFL opener.
Since that December visit Aberdeen are much changed, sending out a team to contain Celtic worked for 87 minutes but was the beginning of the end for Jim Goodwin.
Beale must have thought that he could do nothing wrong but then came Kilmarnock- playing in front of an audience that was banking on a treble at least.
After club media duties and an interview with SkySports at Kilmarnock, Tavernier was put in front of the other media partners yesterday to big up Wednesday’s match against Servette
The circumstances of Starfelt’s exit has been known for some time, it looks like the timing has been delayed to get Maik Nawrocki signed with Lagerbielke giving Brendan Rodgers a third first team central defender to work with.
With Celtic now in a relatively strong position financially the club is less dependent on signing emerging loan players, in 2021 Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jota were signed with options to buy from Spurs and Benfica.
When Elfsborg defeated Sirius on Sunday, Starfelt’s agent Blash Hosseini appeared at Borås’ arena. Several sources state that the reason for the visit was to try to stitch together the Lagerbielke deal to Celtic.