Finally, faced with Enzo Maresca, Kjetil Knetsen or Rodgers it was virtually a no contest. Go with a left field hipster or someone with a 100% record of delivering trophies in Scottish football?
If Starfelt moves to Vigo then he’ll be less than an hour’s flight from Lisbon as Celtic look to bring in a new central defender with Rodgers apparently unconvinced by Stephen Welsh and Liam Scales who played in the pre-season matches.
The 180 degree turnaround in public opinion among the Gullible & Deluded is incredible- and terrifying for Beale.
Moving to Celtic a year later it is highly unlikely that Ajeti would agree to a pay cut despite his very limited playing time at West Ham.
BBC Scotland filled up Rugby Park with some of their star names, offering almost every viewpoint on the match. But there was no sign of English.
Beale has revelled in the treatment he gets in Scotland, pinching himself at how far a little talent and brass neck can take you.
Two years ago when Celtic lost their opening match away to Hearts smug Keevins could barely wait before pressing send on his Absolutely Not Good Enough click-winner.
In contrast McKenna has enjoyed three successful seasons with Nottingham Forest covering a Play Off victory and EPL survival, playing 19 matches last season for Steve Cooper side’s with that figure restricted due to injury with his season ending in April with a dislocated shoulder at Anfield.
Throughout Ange Postecoglou’s two seasons in charge of Celtic Starfelt and Carter-Vickers was the first choice defensive pairing but it now looks unlikely that they will team up again.
Across the media there was barely a word of caution that it might not work out as anticipated, when the final whistle blew at Rugby Park furious bears hit the keyboard to express their anger on Follow Follow.