NEIL LENNON had to leave Scott Sinclair behind in Scotland while the squad headed out to Romania to take on Cluj. The player was fully fit but because of potential interest in the player from clubs down south, he was left behind in case he had to quickly participate in a medical.
As the deadline passed for English clubs on Thursday evening, there was no sign of the Rodgers signing’s departure from the club. In fact, nothing proper materialised. It’s crazy to think he was told to stay behind and when Mikey Johnston got injured he would have likely started the game against Cluj over Lewis Morgan.
As the English window is now closed until January it looks like the midfielder will be staying put but not only that – Sinclair is likely to go straight back into the squad for the Motherwell game.
Speaking to CelticTV, Neil Lennon confirmed there was interest but it just wasn’t to be.
“There was interest in him but it never materialised and he’ll be in the squad for tomorrow.”
Celtic take on Motherwell in their second domestic match of the season and are looking to make it six points out of six in the SPFL.
It was not a champion league team or Europe’s qualifying team that was interested in Scotty getting rid was scot choice or Celtic were pushing him out the door a guy that can score goals over a new signing ain’t in the teams best interest buy before you sell, then you know what you have got a player or a pig in a poke like boli
Good point. Buy then sell. Celtic want to free-up wages before they buy. Works if you know exactly what you are getting.
I worry about NL’s recent remarks on recruitment.
“But we’re not going to break transfer records and spend silly money.
“We have targets in mind and we are working away on that sooner or later. We are looking at maybe two or three positions to add. “We also maybe need to move a few players on to get them playing or make room in the squad. Until we do that, we may not look to bring anyone in just yet.”
Yesterday it was 5. Today it’s 2 or 3. That means 1 permanent and possibly a couple of loans. That’s the KT money in the safe deposit boxes. Neil, you have 3 weeks to run out of time! ffs
That’s NL towing the line as per the norm. He has a lot to be grateful for!