The Celtic career of Alexandro Bernabei can be described as a colourful one, at best.
The Argentinian defender was bought for £3.75m by Ange Postecoglou as the then-Celtic boss looked to add competition for Greg Taylor to the squad.
However, discipline issues and lack of form saw Alexandro Bernabei‘s game time at Celtic limited and now, the 24-year-old defender finds himself out on loan at Brazilian side, Internacional.
And to be fair to the defender, after a rocky start, Bernabei has become a first-team regular and has helped take his temporary club to seventh place in the Brazilian Serie A.
Alexandro Bernabei’s failure to settle in Scotland
Bernabei made just 27 appearances for Celtic during his first 18 months at the club and it seems that his struggle to settle in Scotland could be one of the reasons he couldn’t focus on Celtic.
Bernabei told Internacional’s podcast, Mate, Amor e Paixão, “It was cool. I got to know life there, it’s something else, it’s another life.
“I’m used to Argentina, meals were at a specific time, and in Scotland it was at a time that I wasn’t used to.
“The language, coexistence, the way of living, learning and getting to know a different culture was what I learned most there.”
Alexandro Bernabei’s future at Celtic
It does seem like Bernabei has become a bit of a fan favourite in Brazil ever since making his first league start for Internacional.
The Argentine has now featured in all 90 minutes of Internacional’s last 13 league games scoring once and creating two and has suffered just one solitary defeat.
Bernabei’s Celtic career does look all but over and it seems his style of football is more suited for the South American game.
Brendan Rodgers is likely to want to offload the 24-year-old permanently and, hopefully, if Bernabei continues his current form, Celtic will manage to recoup much of the fee they shelled out for him in 2022.
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