The daddy of 1 Celtic switch goal has launched a jab at Scottish soccer, labelling it an “intermediate” step for his son.
Celtic miss out on late offers
Brendan Rodgers aspect could be nicely clear on the high of the Scottish Premiership, however they remained lively within the January switch window.
Kyogo Furuhashi departed to hitch Rennes, which left the Scottish giants needing to exchange the ahead earlier than the window slammed shut. After failing with a number of affords to signal a brand new ahead, they in the end opted to re-sign Jota, with the 25-year-old becoming a member of from the identical aspect that Kyogo joined.
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He has already marked his return with two objectives and an help in three Scottish Premiership outings, hitting the bottom operating at his former stomping floor and starting to pay again his switch price at Celtic Park. However that transfer hasn’t gone down nicely in all quarters.
Strelec’s father reacts to failed switch
Earlier than they signed Jota, one participant that Celtic made a transfer for was Slovan Bratislava expertise David Strelec, who has discovered the web 11 occasions in 19 video games thus far this season and who had caught the attention of Rodgers’ aspect.
They made a suggestion to signal the ahead, but it surely was knocked again by the Slovakian aspect because it was deemed to be too low, and Celtic in the end moved onto different targets earlier than touchdown Jota.
David Strelec in 24/25 | |
|---|---|
Appearances | 19 |
Objectives | 11 |
Assists | 3 |
Minutes per aim involvement | 83.5 |
And now Strelec’s father has revealed simply what occurred, and the way it left each him and his son fuming.
“, after I heard about Celtic’s curiosity, I used to be thrilled”, he defined. “I used to be there at Slovan’s first match within the Champions League, complete households have been sitting there, young and old, superb environment. I might have beloved to see him there. He has made nice progress because the Euro, he’s doing nicely, he’s scoring objectives. However the determination about his switch was made greater up.
“Celtic’s bid of 9.5m Euros? [£7.9m] That did not assist both. Sadly, that is how it’s. However none of us is aware of the precise particulars of the contract or how the installments or bonuses have been set. Possibly Slovan wished to get it suddenly, that is why the membership determined towards it. It is in all probability pointless to get into it.”
Nevertheless, his additional feedback won’t go down nicely with followers both aspect of the Previous Agency divide, with Strelec including that Scotland was only a two-team league and an “intermediate step” for his son.
“I watched the Celtic sport over the weekend, everybody is aware of that the Scottish competitors is about two golf equipment, but it surely might have been a great intermediate step for David. However there are stuff you merely cannot affect. It turned out the way in which it turned out. We’ll see what occurs in the summertime. My son will proceed to carry out nicely, I am certain of that.
“It was past my management. They’ve invested loads in David over time, though some would say he is already paid it again. I assume they know what they’re doing. My son will proceed to carry out nicely and be skilled and in the summertime… who is aware of?”
If Celtic return in for the Slovakian, he may have some work to do to win over the Parkhead devoted.
