After Sunday’s spineless capitulation Beale is unlikely to surface until next Friday when he has to preview the match at St Johnstone.
Apparently football is a team game, you win or lose together but Roofe would rather highlight his moment of personal glory which was nullified by a foul from Cyriel Dessers in the build up
In the most testing of circumstances Rodgers came up with a way to win, his delight after the match told you everything about the importance of today’s result.
Pushing, pulling, kicking and stamping were par for the course with those ‘tactics’ not exclusively used against Celtic.
The timing, announced on Transfer Deadline Day, seems a little strange but after recent speculation that he could be on the move Celtic fans will be delighted by tonight’s news.
Rodgers did briefly discuss Benfica midfielder Paolo Bernardo who is expected to join on loan but beyond that there was no hint of further incoming activity.
Celtic will be entitled to a fee of around £300,000 for developing Vata but clubs will have to wait until next summer to get that move completed.
Frequent changes in manager inevitably lead to the accumulation of players with a couple of left-overs from Neil Lennon’s time hopefully moving on long after their usefulness came to an end
A hefty wage rise would no doubt be on offer at Elland Road but negotiations with Celtic on his current deal which runs until 2026 could bring a similar outcome.
Alas for Haksa two Celtic players returned from the World Cup Finals in exceptional form, Aaron Mooy edged Matt O’Riley out of a midfield place with Daizen Maeda nailing down the left wing spot with Jota switched to the right.