TAM MCMANUS has used his Football Scotland column to suggest the Ibrox club are in pole position to win the Premiership this term because they have made more signings than Celtic – no seriously.
The former footballer cites noises coming out of Ibrox about their on-loan striker and calls the signing of a Swedish defender as ‘shrewd’. At this point, we’d love to know how many games Tam has followed Helander to make such an astute statement.
It’s the sort of pre-season or January break drivel we get every single year and you can’t blame Celtic fans for rolling their eyes at this stuff. The Record had the Ibrox club down as winners of last years league when they brought in Davis and Defoe. They couldn’t even win it after Celtic were sent into disarray by their manager jumping ship.
McManus believes Celtic have time to ‘turn it around’ by signing players of quality in the next month. Of course Celtic need to strengthen certain positions, it’s no secret, but to base your early prediction on how many players a team has brought in, rather than what quality they may possess typifies Scottish pundits.
It’s easier to get deals done for players nobody really wants.
By the end of the transfer window, Celtic will have strengthened more and then we can look at the lay of the land. If we’re going by Tam’s standards then all we have to do is sign any three or four players and that should put us over the top.
