My Celtic player of the year is like a tantalising 10th summer transfer dripping in traits Rodgers craves – Chris Sutton
dailyrecord.co.ukReo Hatate could end up looking like Celtic’s 10th new summer signing.If Brendan Rodgers gets him back and flying, it’ll be like adding a brand-new £10 million player with the window just closed.
I’ve had my say on Hatate’s situation through the opening couple of weeks of the season. It was hard for me to grasp how the Japanese couldn’t be seen as a certainty to start for Rodgers given he has so much quality.Last term, Hatate was Scotland’s Player of the Year in my eyes and you don’t just become no good.
There had to be something that was holding him back and, as I said at the time when he was left out of the starting line-up for the opening day win over Ross County, it may have been a transfer scenario in the background or something we don’t know about.
Hatate’s injury sustained in game two having lasted just over 20 minutes from the bench at Aberdeen meant he was no use to Rodgers as the manager tried to navigate his way through the first month of the campaign.We know that wasn’t smooth sailing.
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