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.
With half an hour to impress Cantwell showed the form and attitude that Norwich were delighted to see the back of in January.
I’m sure Michael and the team will be doing everything possible to navigate the Q3 round and, if that goes well, the play-off.
There has been absolutely no official comment from Celtic on the matter which came into the spotlight when no away fans were present at the last two SPFL Derby matches of last season.
A succession of Gordies, Stewarties, Billys, Roberts and Frasers are guaranteed to spew out their anger even though they know that Celtic fans are revelling in their pain.
This morning Beale has to deal with the aftermath, lifting his brilliant new signings dropped into an environment full of serial losers led by the bitterly disappointed James Tavernier.
Celtic didn’t make any issue over those incidents with Nicholson staying on mute when broken glass was found in Joe Hart’s goalmouth following the half-time interval at a match in April 2022.
Cantwell revels in taking on the creative responsibilities which seemed to spook Beale’s new recruits so profoundly that it sent them into their shells at the weekend.
There was no win bonus but it was a priceless experience for the young keeper even though one of the goals lost was to former Celtic team-mate Ewan Otoo who moved to the Pars on a permanent basis during the summer.