Celtic loanee Mortiz Bauer should be worrying about his future after his spell ends.
The Swiss-Austrian is at the Scottish champions until the end of the season after joining this summer.
However, it appears that he is third choice down the pecking order at his new club. On current form, it doesn’t appear that Bauer will be at the club next season.
Moritz Bauer will be looking at other clubs after Celtic
The 27-year-old is hardly in the door, but is already finding it tough for game time in Glasgow.
Bauer was out of favour at parent club Stoke City before making the temporary move.
Celtic were in dire need of a right-back with Mikael Lustig and Jeremy Toljan leaving in the summer. What fans maybe didn’t count for is the bringing in of three good right-backs.
Unfortunately, Bauer is on-loan from the Potters and due to the numbers, his potential Celtic career may be over just as it’s started.
Hatem Abd Elhamed is proving to be the summer buy of the year and is outstanding so far.
Young Jeremie Frimpong also has burst onto the scene recently and is even playing ahead of the Israeli.
Bauer must be looking at other clubs for next season where he will be able to get far more game time.
Stoke City man has his uses at Hoops for now
One of the things in Bauer’s favour is that Frimpong isn’t registered for Europe. Perhaps an oversight by Neil Lennon, but the Dutch youth isn’t going to play Europa League football.
This leaves a gap open for Bauer to fill as an understudy to Elhamed who is first choice.
There are also worries over Elhamed’s fitness as he doesn’t appear to be playing every game too – hence the introduction of Frimpong.
Unless injuries are going to be as big an influence as last season, Bauer will not be getting a lot of game time. It could come to January where the loanee may decide to cut his losses and go back to Stoke City.
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