Brendan Rodgers has been busy in the summer transfer window but many Celtic supporters will say he’s not been busy enough.
With plenty of money to spend, the Celtic manager is being willed by many supporters to use it to bring in some top quality players.
But it seems that Rodgers has already done that this summer without barely making a dent in Celtic’s bank account.
Stiliyan Petrov has pointed out two signings Rodgers has already made and said that people can already see that they have been ‘brilliant’ additions to the Celtic squad.
Stiliyan Petrov talks up ‘brilliant’ Celtic duo Kieran Tierney and Benjamin Nygren
Kieran Tierney and winger Benjamin Nygren without doubt, strengthen Celtic’s first-team squad and Petrov was quick to point out that he believes they won’t be the only additions this summer.
Petrov told The Sunday Post, “I expect the transfer market to really heat up around Europe in the next week.
“Every club is now back in training and managers want to get their targets signed and sealed as quickly as possible.
Brendan will be no different in that aspect. He’ll want to get to work with the new lads right away.
“Getting new signings integrated is very important. Kieran and Benjamin are in and everyone can see they are quality.
“Kieran was a brilliant servant to Celtic a few years ago and was always a stand-out. He’s now at an age where he is coming into the best four or five years of his career. That’s an exciting prospect.
“Benjamin appears to have settled and he will be keen to show what he can do on a regular basis.
“But it will not stop there. I expect others to come in.
Petrov expects Celtic to make ‘quality’ signings this summer
Celtic fans are getting anxious on the amount of time it is taking to add more faces to the squad but Petrov reckons it won’t be long until more announcements are made this summer.
Petrov continued, “The supporters will hope to see new faces in by the time the SPFL League season starts against St Mirren in early August. I think that will happen.
“Lots of hard work will be going on behind the scenes and there will be plenty of dialogue with other clubs and agents. It’s just about trying to piece it all together.
“Transfers are rarely easy to get over the line. There are many different things to take into account – but there are enough things in Celtic’s favour to bring in the extra quality that everyone wants to see.”
With at least four first-team ready players needed by Celtic, Rodgers has a lot of work to do to ensure his team are ready for the start of the domestic season and the Champions League qualifiers.
Fans will be hoping that some deals will be well down the line and that more players will be paraded at Celtic Park before the new season kicks off in around two weeks’ time.
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