Shin Yamada is yet another example of Celtic’s substandard recruitment system under Michael Nicholson and his boss Dermot Desmond…
Shin Yamada, the Japanese striker signed in the summer from J league side Kawasaki Frontale for a reported fee of £1.5 million is the latest in a long list of uninspiring recruits to have come through the doors of Celtic Park.
Shin who was described as technically gifted striker who boasted more natural pace than Daizen Maeda, was the only striker that our tight fisted board parted any cash for in the summer, despite being linked with the likes of Kasper Dolberg, David Strelec, and Mathias Kvistgaarden.
The Japanese striker failed to impress, making ten appearances in total, starting just one game, and was unsurprisingly sent out on loan during the January window, with German Bundesliga 2 side SC Preuben Munster his destination.
Lo and behold, Shin has also struggled for game time in the German second tier, making just four appearances and failing to find the back of the net as Munster sit rock bottom in the league standings.
It came as no surprise to learn that Shin is reportedly on his way back to Glasgow after falling out of favour with the German side, with the recent dismissal of their manager Alexander Ende not helping his cause.
The signing of Shin is yet another damning indictment of the way our club is being run, and he now joins the likes of questionable January recruits Tomas Cvancara, Junior Adamu, and Joel Mvuka in a uninspiring Celtic squad.
Although unlike the January acquisitions, Shin was a permanent signing and still has three years to run on his current deal, and with the player reportedly on £8,000 a week, that equates to yet more wasted resources that would have been best utilised elsewhere.
Our club is littered with failed ‘projects’ with Shin just one of several examples of our incompetence on the recruitment front.
Just an Ordinary Bhoy
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Nicholson & his merry band ultimately , will take the fall-out from these signings . Paul Tisdale was , however , the man who master-minded and created this mess . Who the F**K recommended this “wrecking -ball to Celtic ? He has put Celtic into reverse gear and it will take years to recover from his involvement with the club .
You would almost think that it was a conspiracy to undermine and destroy Celtic from within . He came to Celtic with the appendage of being ” Doctor Football ” and turned-out to be “Doctor death” to the whole Celtic system . I hope they did not pay him any form of severance package but I am sure they did ?
It’s not their money they are wasting. It’s very easy to spend other people’s money. Bunch of charlatans.hh