Kundai Benyu’s future remains up in the air at Parkhead, but the player himself says he’s happy to stay out on loan.
The midfielder has spent the last six months out on loan at Helsingborgs in Sweden. He’s certainly been impressing the right people during his time out there too. Henrik Larsson came out and praised him for his form recently after bagging his first goal against Falkenbergs. (Scottish Sun).
Benyu has appeared eight times for the Swedes and has managed to bag that one goal. He’s clearly starting to enjoy his football after nearly two years at Celtic Park where he made just four appearances.
But even though he’s still contracted to the Hoops, Benyu would be happy to stay in Sweden. Speaking to Swedish outlet Expressen, the midfielder touched on his future.
“I haven’t heard anything or had any conversations about it, but we’ll take it when it comes. Had the contract expired now and you had asked me today, I would have definitely considered staying.
“I feel good here. I’m developing as a player and am part of the team.”
Kundai Benyu’s future likely doesn’t lie at Parkhead
According to Transfermarkt, Benyu is due back at Parkhead in January. But whenever he does officially return, it doesn’t look as though he has a place at Parkhead.
A position in the Celtic midfield won’t be opening up soon. There is far too much quality ahead of him, and therefore he’ll need to make a big decision on his future very soon.
When he signed for Celtic back in the summer of 2017, he signed a four-year contract (Celticfc.net). Therefore, when he’s due to arrive back, it won’t be long before he can talk to other clubs about a potential permanent move.
But trying to find a route into the Celtic team for the Zimbabwe youngster looks extremely optimistic. He may have made an impact at Helsingborgs, but it’s not an eye-brow raising one. It’s not a series of performances that will make Neil Lennon and the Celtic support encourage a return.
It’s great initiative from Benyu to talk up a return to Sweden. He’s clearly comfortable there, and understands he’ll need to make a decision when he returns to Scotland.
But does he have any form of future in Glasgow? It’s difficult to say he does.
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