Former Celtic goalkeeper Pat Bonner believes that the Hoops rightfully deserve to be criticised for one major transfer failure this summer.
Celtic were beaten by Hearts, leaving them trailing the Jambos by eight points.
The Bhoys barely laid a glove on their opponents at Tynecastle, and now some supporters want Brendan Rodgers sacked.
Chris Sutton called out the poor recruitment at Celtic and Bonner was in agreement, while highlighting the position that the club failed to buy this summer.
Pat Bonner slams Celtic for failing to sign a striker
With Kelechi Iheanacho out injured, Johnny Kenny was given the chance to start in Edinburgh but struggled to make an impact, with his replacement Shin Yamada experiencing a similar fate.
Iheanacho is one of Celtic’s top scorers with three, but Bonner thinks the club’s recruitment policy should be called out after failing to replace Kyogo Furuhashi in January.
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland, commentator Liam McLeod asked: People criticise perhaps from outside Celtic the reaction from the fans given all the success they’ve had recently, but that’s the one area you can criticise the club fairly isn’t it? Not strengthening the forward line.”
Bonner replied: Yeah I think so. You know, when they lost Kyogo in January they didn’t go to the market. They should have.”
McLeod then added: They didn’t replace Kyogo and while Iheanacho came in after he left, there is still a big hole there.”
Celtic must sign a striker in January
Sunday’s game proved that the Hoops are desperately in need of adding some more firepower to their side.
Over the course of the 90 minutes, the Bhoys only managed to register two shots on target, with none of those coming in the second half.
Louis Munteanu is available due to Cluj’s financial problems and would provide a solution to a problem that has hindered Celtic for almost 12 months.
Even if Celtic have moved on from Munteanu, a striker has to come to Parkhead to save the season on a domestic and continental front.
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