Celtic ace has simply rescued Lawwell’s Deadline Day catastrophe

It was no secret that Celtic had been out there to signal a brand new quantity 9 within the latest January switch window after they allowed Kyogo Furuhashi to hitch Rennes on a everlasting deal.

The Hoops bought the Japan worldwide and left themselves with Adam Idah as their solely senior, recognised, quantity 9 choice heading into the second half of the season.

Celtic’s Irish marksman received on the scoresheet within the 6-0 win over Dundee within the Scottish Premiership at Parkhead on Wednesday night time, nevertheless it stays to be seen how effectively they are going to fare if he had been to get injured for a time period.

Celtic’s deadline day enterprise

The Bhoys had been in talks with Brondby over a deal to signal Denmark U21 worldwide centre-forward Mathias Kvistgaarden on a everlasting deal to switch Kyogo.

Nevertheless, these talks broke down over a distinction in valuation of the 22-year-old striker, who was rated at a whopping £10m by the Superliga facet.

Celtic had been then linked with a last-gasp swoop for West Ham United ahead Danny Ings, who had labored with Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool, on deadline day, however nothing materalised with the previous England worldwide.

Peter Lawwell, finally, failed to usher in a striker to switch Kyogo and, understandably, that could possibly be seen as a catastrophe in some quarters, on condition that it has left Idah to hold loads of accountability.

Nevertheless, he did handle to strike a deal to signal Jeffrey Schlupp on mortgage from Premier League facet Crystal Palace, and his efficiency on Wednesday means that the deadline day enterprise could not have been a catastrophe in spite of everything.

Jeffrey Schlupp’s efficiency towards Dundee

The Ghana worldwide arrived at Parkhead as a flexible choice to fill a number of completely different positions, as he can play in midfield, on the left wing, or at left-back.

There could have been some issues over what he would carry to the sphere after he made simply 12 appearances instead, failing to register a purpose or an help and shedding 57% of his duels, within the Premier League through the first half of the season.

Nevertheless, the previous Leicester Metropolis star’s efficiency off the bench towards Dundee means that he’ll carry loads of high quality and energy to the staff within the second half of this season.

As you possibly can see within the desk above, Schlupp produced a dominant show after approaching to switch Greg Taylor at left-back for the Hoops on Wednesday.

Taylor solely gained two duels and didn’t make any tackles in his 72 minutes on the sphere, which speaks to simply how spectacular the Palace loanee’s efficiency was.

He match like a glove in Rodgers’ Celtic staff and seems to be a participant who is able to hit the bottom operating to contribute to a profitable second half of the season.

Because of this the deadline day enterprise from Lawwell could not have been a catastrophe in spite of everything, regardless of the shortage of a striker signing, as a result of Schlupp seems to have what it takes to be a wonderful, robust, addition to the staff.

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So, whereas followers is probably not happy with every little thing that went down on deadline day, it was not a catastrophe of a window as a result of they nonetheless managed to usher in this wonderful, versatile, star.