Daniel Kelly has been named in the SPFL Trophy team for Celtic B against East Kilbride. The player has been moved to the club’s second team due to a contract standoff.
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Kelly has made six appearances for the first team, scoring once with a thumping effort against Dundee. It was expected that he would really push on under Brendan, who has an excellent track record of developing players. Although, interest from the Premier League has potentially turned the player’s head.
It appears that there’s no movement on the contract front and the player will likely be kept in the B Team with McManus and new coach Jonny Hayes as the impasse continues.
Celtic’s Academy Player of the Year last season was expected to play a big part in the forthcoming season but for contract talks to stall. Rather than having him around the first team, Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers relegated the player to the B Team and didn’t take him to the USA for the pre-season wins against DC United, Manchester City and Chelsea.
