‘Oh my word’- Defender told Celtic will ‘put a deal in place’ to sign him for next season

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There is no doubt that plans will already be in place from Celtic for next season.

It’s extra important that the powers that be get things done early and help Brendan Rodgers out because of the Champions League qualifiers that hit before the season starts.

Even though Celtic progressed in Europe this term, the club will have to go through a qualifying phase to reach the big time because Scotland’s coefficient has taken a hit over the years.

That’s why the summer transfer window must be on point because the club didn’t help itself over the winter.

In some ways, Celtic can certainly help themselves and the answer is starring them right in the face, in regards to who they should sign.

One of the most-talked-about areas of the pitch is left-back, with Greg Taylor being the main guy in that spot this season, up until Jeffrey Schlupp’s arrival in January.

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Jeffrey Schlupp won’t have better options than to play for Celtic next season

With Taylor heading for the exit door because he hasn’t signed a new deal, then this is an ample chance for Celtic to get Schlupp snapped up for the next campaign.

As of this current moment, the 32-year-old is only in Glasgow on a loan deal from Crystal Palace until the end of the season, but Michael Stewart thinks that the champions will ‘put a deal in place’ for the player.

Added to that, Stewart also thinks there will be no better options for Schlupp than coming back to Celtic next season because he is ‘doing nothing at Crystal Palace’, as he told Premier Sports.

“From Jeffrey Schlupp’s perspective, oh my word,” said Stewart. “You are sitting on your backside doing nothing at Crystal Palace.

“Or, you are up at Celtic playing in games like against Bayern Munich and potentially winning things. Enjoying your football.

“Come the summer, I would imagine that Celtic will put a deal in place to try and sign him. His decision is ‘what better option are you going to get?’.

“You might not be playing every week, but as you see with Celtic, there are so many games. He will play a good chunk of games if he were to sign on.”

Schlupp has ‘fitted into’ Brendan Rodgers’ system at Celtic

Even though Schlupp played less than 200 minutes for Palace this term, he has come into Celtic, hasn’t looked out of place and is now the starting left-back.

Schlupp’s performance in Munich proved that and, since then, he has gone a step further, including scoring his first goal for the club during Celtic’s win over St Mirren on Saturday.

Stewart highlighted the qualities the versatile star holds and how he has ‘fitted into the system’ Rodgers has deployed very quickly.

“That’s the interesting thing about Schlupp because he can play up one,” added Stewart.

“He is very comfortable stepping in on the inside where Greg Taylor and the team like to play anyway. He has fitted into the system straight away.

“You mentioned that the Tierney deal is done. I am pretty sure I saw Peter Lawwell spoke about it in the accounts and said that they have a deal in place for Tierney to come.”