During his time at Blackburn Souness swooped to sign Barry Ferguson and Tugay, later on at Newcastle he signed Jean-Alain Boumsong for £8m a few months after the French defender was available on a free transfer.
Borland, Doak and others can play in u-19 and u-23 league football at Liverpool, Villa and elsewhere. If they catch the eye of Jurgen Klopp great, if not there are plenty of full time, lower league clubs playing on grass to develop their careers at.
Meanwhile Beale has to assess his walking wounded and decide who will be the least risk to use on the plastic pitch at Kilmarnock on Saturday ahead of the Champions League qualifier against Servette four days later.
Strangely Warburton disappeared for four weeks after Hibs lifted the Scottish Cup at Hampden but was back in the spotlight as Joey Barton arrived at Ibrox to the predictable tidal wave of acclaim and predictions.
By this time next week Ferguson and the other bears will have a good idea whether this summer’s Revolution is the real thing or about to go the same way as last summer’s imaginative signing policy undertaken by Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
Belkebla spent five seasons with Brest, the last four in the top flight but with the French leagues heavily scouted it would appear that his chance to move into the big time has come and gone.
Working with Rodgers could prove a very strong counter attraction, having turned 24 last month time is on his side with a new improved contract until May 2025 possibly giving player and club a happy middle ground.
Steven Gerrard once discussed interest from Juventus in the former Dundee star, over the last 18 months Kamara’s form has fallen off a cliff with Micky Beale giving up after a dismal performance in February’s Viaplay Cup Final defeat from Celtic.
It was everything that Rodgers could have wished for unlike the first half showing.
There has been no sighting of Soro in Celtic’s pre-season with Odin Thiago Holm and Kwon Hyeok-kyu brought in to compete for midfield places with Daniel Kelly promoted from the B team.