It’s crazy to think how far Celtic have fallen since Kyogo Furuhashi’s exit last January.
Not only have Celtic declined on the pitch, missed and lacked that regular goalscorer, but the player himself has watched his own career go backwards, as he struggles in the colours of Birmingham City.
The January transfer window was an interesting one, with Kyogo linked to Celtic, but the club opted to sign Tomas Cvancara and Junior Adamu as their strikers, both on loan, with an option to buy.
However, Ross McCormack thinks Adam Armstrong, who made a move to Wolves on transfer deadline day, should have made a move to the champions of Scotland instead.
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Armstrong was battling away with Southampton in the English Championship before the Premier League’s bottom table club, Wolves, signed him for £9 million.
Speaking on Open Goal, McCormack thinks somebody like Armstrong would have been ‘tailor-made’ for the Hoops and the Scottish game.
The former Scotland striker compared Armstrong to Celtic hero Kyogo, and how his ‘sharpness and movement’ would have worked wonders in the famous green and white colours.
McCormack: “There is one player, for me, if I were at Celtic, that I would have had a right go at. He went to Wolves for £9 million, Adam Armstrong.”
Si Ferry: “Really, Rossco.”
McCormack: “100%.”
Ferry: “But he would go to Wolves over Celtic, wouldn’t he? The money that he would be getting there.”
McCormack: “You think about it. He is only going to be getting that money for six months. He’s not going to go to Wolves, sign a three-and-a-half-year deal and not have a half-relegation clause.
“In terms of the way he plays, they are tailor-made for the Scottish game. They are so similar to Kyogo, in terms of sharpness and movement, and just pure finishers.”
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It’s well-documented that Scottish football doesn’t have the riches of English football. Therefore, the gulf in quality is pretty huge.
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When McCormack suggested Celtic should have signed Armstrong, Andy Halliday expressed how English-based players regularly struggle when moving to Glasgow.
“I am not saying Celtic and Rangers are signing top players,” said Halliday.
“I just feel that every time Celtic and Rangers sign players from down south, they just turn into an absolute shambles. All the time. They never come up here and do well or very rarely anyway.”
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