With Celtic’s transfer talk hitting the headlines this week, Kris Boyd questioned why Brendan Rodgers’ would want to spend millions in January after adding eight new players in the summer.
The former Rangers striker was speaking on Sky Sports in the pre-match buildup to the St Johnstone fixture when his comments seemed to anger Chris Sutton.
Boyd basically said he couldn’t understand why Rodgers would want to spend an ‘absolute fortune’ just to go and win the league again. This is a fair point except that’s not why the Hoops manager wants to strengthen as every Celtic fan knows.
Rodgers wants to build for another crack at the Champions League next season and that is why Sutton couldn’t believe what he was hearing from his co-host.
Sutton said [Sky Sports], “Thanks for allowing me back in Kris. I mean you didn’t half waffle some nonsense there. Why would Celtic want to build in January?
“I mean that’s a really strange comment. Why would Celtic want to get better? Kris, Brendan Rodgers is basically saying this squad isn’t good enough and you know what, you make a very valid point.
“And that was the biggest issue in terms of Champions League football, Celtic weren’t ready and you’re spot on there.
“But he’s now saying we weren’t ready but we need to build and that’s why they’re going to try and bring players in in January.”
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The need for Celtic to push on and progress in Europe is there for everyone to see. Their record in the competition is not good and building in January is essential to do that.
Getting the right players in helps them bed into the club in time for the competition kicking off in September and it is a strategy that has served Celtic well over the last two January windows.
The fact that Boyd can’t seem to grasp that is baffling and it is little wonder Sutton had a go at his Sky Sports colleague.
In other news, £35m player linked to Celtic in the summer is to leave his club in January