Journalist, Hugh MacDonald has revealed he believes that Swedish defender Carl Starfelt will leave Celtic this coming summer transfer window. The Scottish football pundit and commentator was on PLZ Soccer in the aftermath of Celtic winning this year’s League Cup against Mick Beale’s side.
Starfelt has been a key component since he arrived at Celtic Park and has built a formidable partnership with Cameron Carter-Vickers in the central defensive position, with Joe Hart bolstering the triangle in goals. Ange would surely be reticent to sanction a deal for the former Rubin Kazan man, but as we’ve seen with Josip Juranovic and Giorgos Giakoumakis, he never gets too attached to his players.
With rumoured English Premier League interest in his defensive partner Cameron Carter-Vickers, perhaps the Celtic boss may view that this summer is the right time to sell Starfelt and avoid losing the USA international. As with all the players the Hoops sign, there is a natural progression to their career at Parkhead which is in fitting with the strategy in the transfer market.
Celtic need to be agile and aggressive moving forward as the manager himself has asserted on several occasions during his time at Paradise. Well, Hugh MacDonald has come out and stated his belief that this coming close season would be the ideal time to sell the big Swede as his stock will the at a premium price after this campaign.
Speaking on PLZ Soccer with Alan Rough and Peter Martin, the Scottish scribbler revealed his thoughts on Carl Starfelt departing Glasgow’s East End this summer transfer window, saying: “That will be the right time to sell him because we know there’s clubs looking at him in England.”
Paul Gillespie
