Chris Sutton says Celtic and Brendan Rodgers’ latest transfer move ‘won’t put fans at ease’

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It has been a rather interesting summer transfer window for Celtic.

In truth, it always is, and as the last two decades have shown, time and time again, the strategy from the club works and Celtic lift the trophies.

But that doesn’t change the fact that sections of the fanbase question or express their worry at certain types of deals Celtic conclude.

It has certainly got Chris Sutton talking, and the man he wanted to highlight was new Japanese striker Shin Yamada.

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Chris Sutton on Celtic signing Shin Yamada

As soon as Yamada signed, Rodgers was still speaking about bringing in another goalscorer, even though Celtic had signed their second of the summer after Callum Osmand joined from Fulham.

There are suggestions that this is more of a ‘club signing’ rather than what Rodgers wants, and it isn’t sitting well with Sutton.

Speaking in his Daily Record column, the former striker labelled the whole situation as ‘bizarre’, and he thinks Yamada’s arrival ‘won’t exactly put fans at ease.’

‘Rodgers needs reinforcements, and his comments about incoming Shin Yamada won’t exactly put fans at ease, when it’s clear they are starting to get a bit frustrated at the lack of serious movement in the transfer market,’ stated Sutton.

‘The manager described the Japanese striker as a club signing and one he’ll assess when he gets in to see if he’s going to be one to develop for the future or one for the here and now.

‘I find all that stuff a bit bizarre. You don’t get this stuff elsewhere about club signings as opposed to manager signings.

‘Rodgers is clearly being a bit cute. He will have had the final say on the deal, but it looks like he’s agreed to take a look at a low-risk, cheap arrival while also creating a bit of distance if he doesn’t quite work out.’

‘Strange’ scenario over Celtic’s transfer policy

At the end of the day, Yamada can only do what he has been brought in for, and this is a transfer policy that has worked time and time again.

Sutton wanted to point that out, even though all of this is ‘strange’ from his perspective, and how you simply can’t be ‘over-critical’ of the matter.

‘It’s a strange scenario,’ added Sutton. ‘You can’t be over-critical of a transfer policy that has made the club fortunes over the last decade and more.

‘But it doesn’t seem like Celtic don’t half make things hard for themselves when it comes to transfers.’