Luis Palma has admitted that he is hoping to return to Celtic this summer. The Honduran midfielder is currently on loan at Lech Poznan in Poland but he is hopeful that he can return to Celtic Park after a period away from the club on loan.
Signed during the infamous summer of 2023 as the replacement for Jota, Palma made 48 appearances for Celtic before a loan to Olympiacos was followed by the switch to Poznan.
Speaking to TNH via Alvaro La Rocha Palma said that he enjoyed his time at Celtic and would like to make an impact if he is able to return.
“At Celtic I had a great time, I enjoyed it a lot.
“I want to have a second chance, I have a contract with them, I’m still part of the club and if they say I have to return, I’ll do it in the best way possible.”
“My dream is to return to a high-performance league; for me, the Scottish league was a high-performance one.
“I got to play what every player wants to play, which was the Champions League—that dream hasn’t died yet. I want to feel that sensation again of playing one of those matches.”
Palma scored 10 and assisted 10 in his time at Celtic, he appears to have replicated this form with Poznan, scoring 7 and assisting 8 in 39 appearances. He is definitely a player with quality but perhaps he doesn’t have the pace to play out wide and instead is more of a No.10.
Celtic require a reset in the summer and a new manager will be in situ to consider the squad as a whole, offering players like Palma the chance to stake a claim for a place in the new regime. It is a positive sign that the player is eager to return, especially given the fact that there are a number of players that are likely eager to go the other way. Celtic requires to have players that are on an upward trajectory and Palma, despite failing to realise his potential thus far, has shown that he has qualities there that could help the team.
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Off the top of my head, Palma is only 1 of 7 players we currently have out on loan, who we have under contract imo?
Could be higher, but doesn’t include our youngsters, who might be looking to make an impact within our homegrown quota requirements, for European football either?
Add in our current incoming loan players, and short term contracts, which currently stands at 9, by my reckoning.
Has ourselves at 16 players, without the youngsters included.
Now, such a farce shouldn’t be in existence, especially within our club imo?
Although, I wouldn’t personally blame Nicholson for such a farce, he ultimately needs to take the fall, as such a farce shouldn’t be in existence, within a loan market to such a degree imo?
Only confirms, what many of us know already, that he’s totally out of his depth within his current position.
Add in the cost of such a shambolic approach taken, then fail to see how Nicholson, along with mckay can remain in there positions imo?
So, with our loan market alone, up in a total heep at present. It still leaves our want away players situation, that has to be addressed also?
What number that currently stands at remains a total guess still.
I would put that current number at 6, might as well say 7, with it being very doubtful we will ever see kasper again in our jersey imo?
And that’s without considering if the likes of AJ, Seb and Trusty having a decent world cup, and interest grows within them, if it’s not in existence already?
So overall, we are potentially looking at around 30 players currently associated with ourselves at present.
Decisions will have to be made upon what there careers hold for themselves, with staying associated with ourselves as a club?
That’s potentially the first task of any new incoming manager is looking at facing.
Yet what chance does he actually have, if Nicholson and Mckay are still in there current positions?
Yet somehow, we still have to try and find a way to bring success to our club, for the remainder of this season?