Celtic supporters might be feeling frustrated as the team failed to join hands with a new striker this January transfer window. Brendan Rodgers has suggested that the answer could already be hiding in plain sight within the current squad. Johnny Kenny has returned after a successful loan transfer at Shamrock Rovers, where he showed an impressive performance with 25 goals in 74 appearances, including five in the UEFA. Rodgers believes that the Ireland Under-21 forward has the potential to step up and play a key role in the senior team, offering Celtic a natural finisher within their own ranks.
Rodgers Backs Kenny To Step Up For Celtic
After Celtic failing to sign a new striker Rodgers wants Kenny to step up as the replacement of Kyogo Furuhashi. And after seeing Kenny’s impressive performance with 25 goals in 74 appearances, including five in the UEFA at Shamrock Rovers, during his loan transfer. He stated that “Brilliant finisher, physically in a good place, so I’m now putting my time into him and working with him and seeing how he develops now because he’s a natural finisher in the box, there’s absolutely no doubt about that.”
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Rodgers Reflects On Transfer Window And Squad For Season Run-In
After assessing the Celtic’s squad as they head further towards the crucial stage of the competition he stated that “We’ve done some really good business in the window. A few things didn’t quite drop for us that we would have liked, but however it ends, you know the squad you have and fundamentally, we’re here to develop the players now for the rest of the season that are here.” He also highlighted about the fact that they did need a new striker which they failed to sign in this winter transfer window. But he continued by saying “There’s so many different facets to the transfer and obviously the identification of a player, then convincing the player to come, which in the main is never a problem for here. But no, we just weren’t quite able to get a deal done on that front. Like I say, it’s something that we as a club will go away, we’ll review the whole process and then look to be better again in the summer.”