The transfer window has closed and everyone can breathe a huge sigh of relief.
For the past month, Martin O’Neill has been ducking and weaving questions about who would be coming and staying in his side.
In the end, Celtic managed to make three signings on deadline day to bolster their squad going into the end of the season.
There was plenty to discuss and look back on and as the dust has settled, here are five things that happened on a chaotic day.
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Another striker was brought in
When we came into the window on 1 January, the first port of call was to sign a striker.
Goals have been hard to come by this year but those prayers were finally answered when not one, but two came in.
Tomas Cvancara was signed midway through the window but they were able to add another as Junior Adamu joined on loan from Freiburg.
Hopefully that means some more firepower up top and more of a threat going forward.
The Joel Mvuka debacle
You could dedicate a whole thesis to this transfer deal alone.
O’Neill revealed that players were having a medical ahead of a transfer after the Falkirk win and it appeared that Joel Mvuka was one of those.
A £3m deal was agreed with Lorient for Mvuka and it seemed like a matter of when, not if, the 23-year-old would join.
It then seemed like the deal was off after Celtic found an issue during the medical, however, the terms of the move were changed and the Hoops agreed to sign him on loan.
He finally arrived and hopefully he was worth the wait.
Arne Engels stayed put
There were certainly no plans for any high-profile departures on deadline day but, fair to say that Celtic’s resolve was tested.
Nottingham Forest had their eyes set on Arne Engels and wouldn’t go away for most of the day.
At one stage, Forest put a £25m bid on the table for Engels. As tempting as it was, Celtic rejected it.
Reports claimed that the Belgian was unhappy with Forest’s bid being rejected, but there was no way that the club could accept it with such little time to find a replacement.
No permanent signings is a good thing?
It was clear that O’Neill needed reinforcements in this window, and he was handed some shiny new toys to play with for the remainder of the campaign.
None of them were permanent, with three of them loans with an option to buy, and that is probably a good thing.
A new manager in the summer will have his own ideas about how he wants his squad to look like. Those who have signed are auditioning for a long-term future here and it provides the Hoops with some protection if things don’t work out.
No central midfielder joined, this could be a problem
Speaking of the centre of midfield, there were no new faces in that position.
Celtic’s midfield has been too one-dimensional for too long now and another option in the mould of a destroyer would make the side far more difficult to deal with.
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Right now, the Hoops only have Callum McGregor as an alternative style to the more creative, attack-minded players.
They could limp through until the end of the season without that extra body, but it was disappointing that it couldn’t be rectified.
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