Don’t turn our noses up at loan signings, provided they are quality players

We shouldn’t be against loan signings, as long as they are quality players…

It’s looking more likely that any late potential signings made by the club will be loan signings. That is something I think we could all get on board with as long as the players in question are of genuine quality and will add something to the Celtic starting XI.

Quality being the key word though as we’ve had some very underwhelming loan deals throughout the years. The name of Nat Philipps still sends the shivers down the spines of the Celtic supporters. In the past there’s also been the likes of Jeremy Toljan, Jonjoe Kenny, Charly Musonda, and Oli Burke who all arrived in Glasgow on short term deals, but ultimately flattered to deceive.

But we’ve also had some big name decent loan signings in our time with box office names such as Robbie Keane and Craig Bellamy. Odsonne Edouard was of course a loanee before he signed and became a fans favourite, the same as Cameron Carter Vickers and Jota most recently. So it shows we can get the quality needed that can make an instant impact even if it’s only for a temporary basis.

We aren’t in the position to turn our noses up at any potential player joining on loan, but they’ve got to be in the mould of a Robbie Keane or Cameron Carter Vickers and not a Oli Burke or another Nat Phillips.

Hopefully any loanee can make as big an impact as the former pair and not the latter.

Just an Ordinary Bhoy

Since we started the site, The Celtic Star has always supported Celtic Pools in order to provide funds to the Celtic Academy to produce the Celtic Stars of the future. And so many Celtic Star readers have signed up with multiple winners of some big prizes coming through via the Weekly Lottery which costs just £1 a week. It’s easy to join and help The Celtic Star help the Celtic Academy, just click on the image below…