It’s embarrassing he even needs to emphasise that what football club doesn’t want too progress and push forward board are a joke
Referencing that a lot of hard work is going on behind the scenes is a favoured phrase from Rodgers, used when it appears that the club has ran out of ideas on how to improve the first team squad with a £3m ceiling imposed on transfer fees.
When you’ve just scored four goals, that always seems to be OK, but we lost an important player in January in Kyogo, who scored a lot of goals, and we’ve lost Nicolas Kuhn, a lot of goals again, and even Matt O’Riley last summer.
Rodgers is clearly being a bit cute. He will have had the final say on the deal but it looks like he’s agreed to take a look at a low risk cheap arrival while also creating a bit of distance if he doesn’t quite work out.
There will be a variety of factors going on over Rodgers and his contract, going by the level of backing he has had since returning to Celtic it would be a shock if he signed up for more of the same.
We’ve lost a lot of goals so we need to replace that. Hopefully this can be one of a number of players we can bring in that aspect. He’s got intensity and work rate. It’s something the scouts have seen.
I think there’s work going on behind the scenes. It’s clear we need to improve the squad. A lot of work is going on behind the scenes, there are loads of names floating about.
I’m really excited by him (Nygren), he’s a forward thinking player, he’s got good legs, gets about the pitch and he’s showed up well since he’s come in.
It has worked well in the past, removes the question mark of his current contract running down and provides everyone with an element of security, as much as you are likely to get in 2025.
Rodgers’ signings played a huge role in earning the club £40m directly from UEFA. Throw in five home sell-out matches alongside hospitality spin-offs and bonus payments from sponsors and they have more than justified being signed.