Brendan Rodgers has been sending little messages to the Celtic board as the transfer window comes into focus.
When Celtic signed Hayato Inamura, Rodgers seemed to suggest that the Japanese defender was a club signing when he said, “No, he won’t be. He’s, again, a part of the investment of the club.
“To bring a player in, we’ll assess and see where he’s at as a young player. And then it’s whether he stays with the squad or whether he has to go out on loan.”
Fans jumped on that and suggested that Inamura may well not be a Rodgers signing. After Celtic lost to Ajax, the Hoops boss suggested that Celtic’s signings seem to based on the club’s ‘ambition’.
Rodgers said at that time, “It depends on what your ambition is.
“If your ambition is to really progress and push forward, then we need to improve the squad.”
And it was here that left Celtic hero Chris Sutton convinced that Rodgers was sending a challenge to the Parkhead board.
Chris Sutton ‘doesn’t blame’ Brendan Rodgers for Celtic transfer comments
Celtic fans are frustrated at the lack of real money being spent in the transfer window, especially as the club seem more interested in pushing their merchandise this summer.
And when Rodgers used that word ‘ambition’ Sutton is convinced he was sending a message to the Celtic board about this summers transfers.
Sutton wrote in the Daily Record, “The word Rodgers used the other evening was ‘ambition’ – and he doesn’t use that lightly.
“We’ve been here before with him. It’s almost like he’s challenging the board to back his vision.
“I don’t blame him. When he came back the talk was about how he’s been promised funds to take the club to the next level, to compete in Europe and hammer home their dominance in Scotland.
“Can anyone seriously say that is how it looks right now? If anything they have left the door open for Rangers and they are taking a serious gamble on the Champions League.”
Chris Sutton baffled with Brendan Rodgers’ comments on Celtic’s Hyunjun Yang
Earlier today we told how Sutton was questioning Rodgers’ comments about Hyunjun Yang now being a first-team starter for Celtic.
The former Celtic striker was surprised at that and said Rodgers was sending a ‘warning’ to the fans.
Sutton said of the Celtic manager, “Brendan Rodgers was asked the other night about Yang’s future with Norwich City looking to land the winger on loan.
“He said he can’t even think about letting him go right now because Yang is a current starter.
“Think about that. No disrespect to the player. He’s shown some positive signs that he can be a decent enough squad player at Celtic.
“But let’s be honest, if you’d said a few months ago he’d be going out on loan there wouldn’t have been too many folk complaining.
“Yet now he’s a starter. If that isn’t a warning then I don’t know what is. So they can’t afford to let Yang go but they could allow Nicolas Kuhn to leave without a replacement lined up?
“What is going on here with Celtic?”
What is going on, indeed.
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