Brendan Rodgers has revealed that Celtic are on the hunt to sign another defender before the conclusion of the transfer window.
Celtic have had an unfortunate past few months with injuries. With the recent announcement that three of Celtic’s centre-backs will be out for the next eight weeks, Brendan Rodgers must be worried about his squad depth in defence. Cameron Carter-Vickers, Maik Nawrocki, and Steven Welsh are set to miss the next two months of Celtic’s campaign due to injury.
With this in mind, Rodgers has revealed that he is on the lookout for another defender to boost the defensive cover. Speaking at a press conference earlier today, Rodgers gave an injury update, where he said…
“It’s disappointing for us in terms of Cameron Carter-Vickers, Maik Nawrocki and Stephen Welsh, will probably be about eight weeks. Stephen had an operation just the other day and he’s come through that well, the other two we hoped would be back sooner but the scans on them puts them at probably about eight weeks from now.
“Reo Hatate and Kobayashi will be back during the international break, Mikey Johnston and Oh will be back in training next week. Alistair Johnston is back, which is good news for us, he has trained well and will be available for the weekend.”
When asked about defensive cover, Rodgers added…
“It is something we have to look at, there’s no doubt that it’s an area that we are light on. When you are losing three players for that length of time and knowing the amount of games that we will have, and the importance of every game, then it is definitely something we have to look at.”
Finally, Rodgers revealed that he is looking to bring in some high-quality players to improve some positions in the squad. He said…
“We will do that before the end of the window. We are hoping to get that done over the coming days. We need to improve the squad, there is confirmation on any names at the minute, lots of names have been floated about, so as soon we sign anyone we will let you know.”
Here’s Brendan Rodgers speaking to the media today ahead of the match against St Johnstone on Saturday…
Startfelt (A)
CCV & Rocky ❌️
Welsh?So who does that leave? Lager, Kobayashi & Scales?
Horrendous start for BR this. https://t.co/7azb2WV0UN
— Fitzy (@Fitzy__07) August 24, 2023
FFS its obviously Rogers who has created this issue with his methods / Training
Last year and previous we had minimal players injured
Now we have almost ALL 1st pick players either unhappy or injured
BIG MISTAKE bringing him back
hopefully I’m wrong
Keep the faith
HH