Celtic finally announced the heavily predicted signing of Adam Idah around 10,30pm last night, an hour before the transfer window closed.
Idah’s move has been predicted since Tuesday evening, it came a fortnight after the signing of Nicolas Kuhn which gave the club’s media team plenty of time to roll out the content associated with a new signing.
There was one aspect clearly missing from the club announcement- the endorsement of Brendan Rodgers. In the only Idah story on the Celtic website there wasn’t a single word from the manager who voiced his opinion in November that four quality signings were required when he returned to the club in June.
When Kuhn joined on January 16 Rodgers told the club website:
We are delighted to welcome Nicolas to Celtic. We believe he is a dynamic player who has an excellent level of quality and all the attributes to fit well into our style of play.
He has the profile we are looking for, he has a real attacking intent, a player with great pace and ideas, the ability to create and score goals and a player with a great energy and work ethic.
He is someone who can play wide on both sides so he brings with him that versatility for us too, and myself and the coaches here really look forward to working with him.
The tweet to announce Idah’s signing was met by a wave of criticism towards the Celtic board and in particular Chairman Peter Lawwell. There was sympathy and support for the player caught up in the crossfire.
Rodgers is expected to host a media conference today to preview Saturday’s match at Aberdeen. There are injury concerns over Cameron Carter-Vickers, Matt O’Riley and Reo Hatate but the dominating issue will be the manager’s thoughts on Celtic’s transfer activity.
David Turnbull was sold to Cardiff City yesterday with Mikey Johnston going on loan to West Brom, neither deals are mentioned on the Celtic website.
? LISTEN: “I felt when I came in the summer that we probably needed four quality players.”
? Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says the club are working hard to add top level players to their squad. pic.twitter.com/1xwfCY5Zab
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