Tomoki Iwata has shown some promise in that position but if the interest in Amartey is genuine he would appear to have the sort of quality that Rodgers has been aiming for since he returned to Celtic 11 months ago.
During an Irish podcast last summer English tore into Rodgers, slaughtering every aspect of his character and managerial record, it was the sort of chat best left in the BBC Scotland canteen or their Sportsound WhatsApp group.
We got banned for criticising him, some others people were banned for criticising him so clearly there is a tetchy team in the background who don’t really like anybody telling the truth about him. That’s me had my say on him.
In front of the 3,835 away supporters in the Chadwick Stand the players took a bow before driving up the M77 to be greeted by another welcoming party at Celtic Park.
Those sort of incidents don’t do much for morale, as Lawwell worked on the Balance Sheet towards a pay day of £3.5m of salary and bonus the squad suffered and the manager became disillusioned.
But character assassination and abuse from his own fans, and others from outwith the football-related media, is another matter. Rodgers can mull that over while addressing if his team have what it takes to overtake Rangers in the league.
At the moment this Celtic team are disjointed and going through the motions and there’s a fair argument to suggest Brendan Rodgers has been going through the motions this season.
Phil Clement is looking very unstable six days away from taking his side to Celtic Park where defeat would leave his side six points behind the hoops with two matches left in the SPFL Premiership. After watching his side beat Hearts on Saturday Brendan Rodgers was in top form as…
Aye, it’s not pretty, he’s steamin, he’s made some mistakes but you still love him and all you need to do now is help him get hame, help him get up the road, get him in the taxi.
While Rodgers exuded confidence in his post-match interviews it is understandable how edgy he was before the penalty shoot out.