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.
Rodgers it was, the Green Brigade were among the few dissenters but anyone challenged on who would make a better manager failed to come up with a credible option.
The Israeli internationalist won’t be 22 until the start of October but the early signs are that he’ll be a starter under Rodgers with Maeda perhaps having a change of role, there could be two main strikers used with the attacking options open to Rodgers.
Over the course of four pre-season matches Rodgers has seen for himself the strengths and weaknesses that he has inherited from Ange Poostecoglou.
Kennedy seems to be very highly rated and well connected despite waiting on his 40th birthday next month with an incredible breadth of experience packed into nine years of first team involvement.
Developing some flexibility and increased options will be welcomed by Rodgers but keeping three big money signings content when one is likely to be starting on the bench will test the man management skills of the Irishman
Rodgers’ decision to return to Celtic was expected to come wrapped up with a massive transfer budget and an influx of new players but that clearly isn’t the message from the man himself.
It is a tall order with Kwon, Tomoki Iwata and Odin Thiago Holm the candidates for the position that eluded Postecoglou.
Brendan Rodgers is looking for Yang Hyunjun to make a similar impact as Oh Hyeon-gyu on the Celtic first team squad.
In mid-season, with Giorgos Giakoumakis on his way to Atlanta United, Ange Postecoglou turned to Suwon Samsung for a replacement with the firepower needed to build on…
Tapping into the speculation Anthony Joseph dug into his archives to share an image from the summer of 1997 which had more than a few Celtic fans putting 2 and 2 together and guessing at the fourth signing.