Celtic “weaker” now than they were at the end of last season

Celtic Legend Chris Sutton has raised concerns about the lack of transfer activity in Parkhead while the hoops are preparing to launch their Scottish Première campaign on Sunday.

The Bhoys reached their 55th high -flying title last season, driving rivals rangers by a large margin for almost all season, but it is just to say that their summer was not a fairly fluid sail.

Star winger Nicolas Kuhn left Glasgow to join Serie A Side Como, as well as the experienced management figure Greg Taylor, who joined the Greek side Pak during a free transfer, although Kieran TierneyThe return should go in a way to fill this void.

Although the hoop model has long been to develop and sell players like Kuhn before replacing them with cheaper and cheaper active ingredients, the fact that they are not yet a marquee signature a few days from the start of the season is certainly a concern.

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Celtic will play the first stage of their qualification in the Champions League on August 19 to 20, coming after the League matches against St Mirren and Aberdeen and a confrontation of the Cup with Falkirk, and Sutton thinks that Brendan Rodgers will be disappointed with the lack of business.

“If you look at the team that goes in the season, it’s still a little light,” Sutton said with quotes shared by the press association.

“Brendan Rodgers, all I saw him indicates and says, he feels the same thing. The fact that Brendan has spoken of ambition, he is always very calculated in what he says and the words he uses. I think it is a small warning in the arcs to say” we must bring the players “.

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“It is fair to say that the team is not as strong at the moment that it was at the end of last season, and it is not ideal. But there is still a lot of time in the transfer window.

“If you look back last season, Celtic won the league in the first half of the campaign. They won 16 of their first 18 games, left like a fire house and there was a real momentum in the pre-season season. It does not seem quite like that for the moment.

“And they did not have the burden of the Champions League qualifiers last season and we know how enormous they are for the club.

“Celtic was in this position before where they sign players when the Champions League qualifiers have already started. It is not ideal.

“You want the players to be able to work with them, so that they have the idea of how the team is working. You don’t want them to learn at work when the Champions League has started, then missing. We know how massive these games are. If you are slightly offbeat, then you can fight.”

He continued: “I am not saying that it is easy. It is never easy for the Celtic and the rangers on the market in which they are. We know what the model of Celtic is in terms of driving.

“We will discover at the end of next month if Celtic has done enough. It is normal for experts to say that” the board of directors must do more “, but at the end of next month, if Celtic has brought another quality player who will raise the team, all good.

“Otherwise, then people will clearly ask questions about the reasons why they are weaker now than they were at the end of last season.”