Celtic’s transfer business has come under scrutiny over the past few days amid the current injury crisis and the team’s current performances.
The club have come in for some criticism for allowing the sale of Carl Starfelt to go through as they now see four current first-team defenders on the treatment table.
But former Hoops hero, Peter Grant, has backed the club for allowing the sale to happen whilst hindsight suggests that it makes it easy to criticise and say it was the wrong thing for the club to do.
Grant said [The Go Radio Football Show], “At the end of the day, I think Celtic have done the right thing because obviously, the players muted the fact he’s wanting to go.
“So that’s no problem. And I think that’s the way they have to deal with it because there was an opportunity to get money for him.
“And if he wants to go, Celtic have worked that really, really well. They’ve managed to get money in. Sometimes you have to suffer for a little bit to go again.
“Sunday wasn’t nice, and obviously that blows everything up.”
Celtic’s horrendous injury luck
There is no way anyone could have foreseen the number of injuries Celtic would have sustained after the sale of Starfelt.
The club brought in Maik Nawrocki to boost the defence and Gustaf Lagerbielke was purchased to replace the Swede, if the injuries to Cameron Carter-Vickers, Stephen Welsh, Yuki Kobayashi and then, subsequently Nawrocki himself, didn’t happen then no one would be questioning the transfer.
I’m with Grant. We have all seen first-hand what happens when you keep a player at the club that wants to go. It’s counterproductive and can cause issues with harmony in the dressing room.
Hopefully, it won’t be too long till we see the return of Carter-Vickers and Nawrocki as it will bring some much-needed stability to the team.
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