Celtic: Brendan Rodgers says the club will inspect the transition window after failing to land on the attacker to replace Kyogo | Football news

Brendan Rodgers says Celtics will review his transmission strategy after he failed to make a replacement for Kyog Furuhashi’s striker.

Hoops chief made it clear that he wanted someone to take over from Japan, who went to Ligue 1 Side Rennes last month for £ 10m after scoring 85 goals for the hoops after his arrival in the summer of 2021.

Jota’s wing returned to Celtic 18 months after leaving, and Jeffrey Schlupp signed late on loan from Crystal Palace until the end of the season, but when the winter window closed on Monday night, there was no new main striker.

Celtics has now remained only Adam Idah as the only older central center in books with 21-year-old Johnny Kenny, who recently returned from the Shamrock Rovers Magic magic, as a spare. Daizen Maeda can also play through the middle, although he is suspended at the first game of the Champions League play-off against Bayern from Munich next week.

Speaking in front of the premature Premiership match against Dundee at Parkhead on Wednesday night, where Schlupp should be available, Rodgers estimated the transfer and insisted that he would not allow disappointment to extinguish his overall joy, which is a manager in what he promises another extremely successful season.

He said, “This is something I obviously said we wanted to do, we wanted to have that support at the upper end of the field. We couldn’t do it.

“I don’t want to blame anyone. I think as a collective he was not ideal, how it ended for us.

“So, as a club, we have to go and look at it as if we were doing every window.

“It didn’t happen much when you look around, but I was certainly worried about Celtic and what I needed to happen here. So, we will consider it and move forward.

“There are so many different aspects for transferring, obviously the identification of players, and then convince the player to come, which here, in the main, is never a problem.

“But we just failed to reach an agreement, so this is something we as a club, we will review the whole procedure and then be better in the summer.

“No doubt the team is lighter.

“But I will simply work hard. We will focus on the next four months, a truly exciting period for us, and we will have a firmer meeting, but also a composition that improves in development.

“I think it’s still an improvement in the team, but it will be firmer than before.”

Rodgers understands the frustration of those Celtic fans who believe that Kyogo was not allowed to leave before the replacement was in place.

Northern Irishman said, “Some will say it, but you don’t have the depth of knowledge I have on the player and work with him, and I return to the summer.

“That’s fair enough to say, you can easily say,” Well, you really should have someone at the door before you let it go. “

“But there was a situation with this player, which meant that this was not the case, and that was something we did for a few months, not only a few days and before he left.

“I repeat, if the player does not want to be here, then we are best dealt with and move on.

“I think we brought some really good players.

“We could have done better? Yes, we could.

“However, now we work with the players here. I think it’s a focus. I don’t want to look back.

“I will not frustrate now and kill my joy to work here every day at the club, thinking about what it might be.

“We can’t influence it now. We can review it and move on.”