Billy Dodds admits he ‘loves watching’ Celtic’s new boy in action despite transfer window ‘backfiring’

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After all the talk off the pitch, Celtic did what they do best, and that’s win games of football.

Even with the Celtic fans protesting at Rugby Park, it didn’t harm the players on the pitch because they saw off a pretty difficult Kilmarnock side in nerve-racking fashion.

Debutant Kelechi Iheanacho stole the headlines because it was his stoppage-time penalty that resulted in Celtic winning the game.

But Billy Dodds, after talking about Celtic having a 2025 summer transfer window to forget, wanted to give flowers to another debutant in Sebastian Tounekti.

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Billy Dodds on watching Sebastian Tounekti playing for Celtic

Tounekti was named Man of the Match, as he proved that, if Celtic had signed him earlier, then things probably would have been a lot different.

Speaking on Go Radio, Dodds explained how the Celtic board’s summer strategy ‘backfired’, but whilst that’s true, he still ‘loved watching’ Tounekti in action.

“Back a few weeks ago, we spoke about it,” said Dodds. “You could see Celtic, their model is, and they did it last year, where they got through the qualifying round, and then did their business.

“We said on this programme, ‘this will be bad if it backfires.’ And it looks as if it has.

“Then, they do their business, and Tounekti looks a right good player. I loved watching him. Just the way he was going past people. It’s what Celtic are crying out for.”

What Dodds saw from Brendan Rodgers last season

The issue the Celtic board have is that the fans, and even Brendan Rodgers himself, could see all of this from a mile off.

So, when Kairat Almaty put away that penalty to book their Champions League ticket, the instant reaction was undoubtedly ferocious.

But it’s not just people with a Celtic persuasion who are seeing through the board’s nonsense; even Dodds saw it last year.

“Brendan throws in the grenade because he isn’t happy,” added Dodds. “We said, at the time as well, Brendan Rodgers last year, you could see it, his words, or you could hear it with his words, and see what he was thinking.

“In terms of, he wanted to be a good Champions League team, and he didn’t feel Celtic were pushing enough to produce that.

“For me, he wanted the business done before the qualifying round to give them that opportunity. The better opportunity to go through it, and it has backfired this time.”