January saw Gustaf Lagerbielke heavily linked with Serie A side Lecce. The deal was all-but done before Celtic pulled the plug on the loan agreement after Cameron Carter-Vickers picked up another hamstring injury. Lecce have now sacked Roberto Aversa in bizarre circumstances after their manager head-butted an opposition player.
Lecce have sacked manager Roberto D’Aversa after he headbutted Hellas Verona striker Thomas Henry.
The incident happened on the pitch at the end of their 1-0 home loss to Verona yesterday. pic.twitter.com/MlQUiy14TZ
— Anthony Joseph (@AnthonyRJoseph) March 11, 2024
🟡🔴 Serie A side Lecce have decided to sack the manager Roberto d’Aversa after he headbutted Verona striker Thomas Henry yesterday. pic.twitter.com/ipAzOcbYbq
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Lecce have said that they will revisit the situation for the Swedish Internationalist in the summer. However, this change in their manager may have an impact on whether or not they look at bringing Lagerbielek in on a permanent deal.
Lagerbielke signed for Celtic after being recommended to the club by Carl Starfelt’s agent, who switched to La Liga to join Celta Vigo. The £3m switch was expected to be a replacement for his compatriot, with Maik Nawrocki also arriving in the summer.
However, the Swedish central defender has made just nine appearances as well as scoring one goal – the win against Feyenoord in the UCL. It is quite surprising that the club are continuing to pay him such a figure and he cannot get onto the bench.
Stephen Welsh and Nawrocki are ahead of Lagerbielke with CCV and Liam Scales is currently the preferred pairing for Rodgers. Hopefully, Lagerbielke will be afforded the opportunity to show that he can have a future at the club.
Time to give the guy a chance
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Not a hope in Hell!
He is the worst of all centrebacks at the club, by a very long shot!
He is far to similar to Starfelt in as much as his liklihood to being caught in possession, going to ground far too soon and giving away penalties, poor passer out from the back and the only positive he brings is getting to long balls in the air when pumped up the park from opposing teams. But he doesn’t use the ball well at all and with the ball at his feet is far too hesitant as shown in the first game against the new club this season when he had no-one near him, yet was caught in possession, lost the ball and they got the ball in the net! We caught a break with that one, make no mistake!
But that summed up Lagerbielke!