FORMER Leeds, Coventry and Aberdeen player Noel Whelan claims there has to be something behind the Scott Sinclair situation at Celtic Park which is not being made public.
The ex-pro turned pundit doesn’t claim to have any inside knowledge but based on his own experiences believes there’s more than the manager not fancying the player.
Whelan who works for BBC Radio Leeds nowadays spoke to Football Insider about the situation of his fellow Englishman at Celtic and pondered the reasons for his exile.
“It’s a baffling situation,”
“There’s been a fall-out at the training ground, or something’s happened at the training ground. That’s the only explanation, really, that I can think of.
“Yes, Celtic have started the season very well, but Scott Sinclair is easily good enough to get in their squad and, in the team as well, when he’s fit and firing.
“Just look at his record under Brendan Rodgers. He was superb and won the Scottish player of the year.
“There’s obviously something happened behind the scenes with Lennon. Otherwise, he would be in the team. Yes, Celtic have some really good players, but Sinclair is a proven matchwinner at that level.”
The speculation will continue but likely there will be no resolution or explanation until Scott leaves the club. It was only this summer the board and Neil Lennon extended the player’s contract by triggering the one-year extension to the midfielder’s deal.
It’s a very strange situation and one that many fans will bypass because the team are doing well on the field at the moment. The more inquisitive among us would like to know why a player who has gave Celtic such great service over the past three years is currently an afterthought.
Could Scott be set for a recall to the first team for the visit of Partick Thistle. Many thought the player would have got game time in the previous round against Dunfermline but Sinclair didn’t even make the bench.
The last time Sinclar made a Celtic squad was just after the English window had closed and he came on as a sub during the win against Motherwell.
