Casually sitting on a bench inside Murray Park, Thompson had to rely on his notes to get through an interview as dull and bland as an episode of Sportscene.
Celtic have got a very good B team and they do well, but they’re desperate to get players out and playing proper football and into the first-team.
Celtic aren’t short of midfield options but until last Saturday most fans would have started with Callum McGregor and Hatate plus AN Other as their midfield trio.
Beale brought in nine new players before the first game of the season at Kilmarnock, his THIRTIETH match in charge of the club.
So it was mainly pain management. Some weeks, I wouldn’t train at the start of the week and just come in at the end.
With Carl Starfelt joining Celta Vigo on Thursday the bulk of that fee is on its way to Sweden as Lagerbielke becomes the second major addition to the Celtic defence following the arrival of Maik Nawrocki.
Pat Nevin’s book is called ‘The Accidental Footballer’, but he’s suffering from some kind of accidental memory loss.
The wording of the Sky Sports report strongly suggests that an agent is the creator with two un-named clubs to sniff out other interest.
The Celtic boss had spoken warmly of connecting with Bernabei, getting the chance to improve his Spanish, but no one should underestimate Rodgers’ friendly supportive personality as a weakness.
Ben Summers is believed to be close to joining Dunfermline but before Vata can contemplate that type of move he will have to extend his Celtic contract beyond the end of this season.