Brendan Rodgers answers 3 Celtic transfer questions as boss not buying theory about January signings
Brendan Rodgers DOES want another striker, there ARE good ones available and Celtic CAN afford to sign one on transfer Deadline Day.
The Parkhead boss emphatically answered three big transfer questions after his side beat Motherwell 3-1 at Fir Park, with attention now turning to the final day of the transfer window. After flogging Kyogo to Rennes for £10million last week, Rodgers has a space to fill in his squad up front. Adam Idah has stepped up to be first choice in the wake of Kyogo's departure and bagged a goal in Lanarkshire to put Celtic back in front.
But Rodgers doesn't want to go into the remainder of the season with just Daizen Maeda, Johnny Kenny and Daniel Cummings as back ups to the big Irishman. Record Sport revealed on Friday that Slovan Bratislava hitman David Strelec is one option Celtic are considering. And Rodgers has dismissed the notion that the winter window isn't the time to pick up quality, and confirmed that the champions have the cash to make deals happen.
When asked by Sky Sports if a striker was his Deadline Day priority, Rodgers replied: "That is our plan. There's lots of work going on behind the scenes in order to do that so we're hopeful that we can. We want to have the strongest squad we possibly can. We've lost a couple of players that were important players for us but also players have gone out on loan so we know we want to get into the market to have the strongest squad we can to finish off the season.
"It's always difficult (at this stage in the window) But there are good players available in January. There's always the mentality that you can't get good players but there is availability and we can afford it, so I'd like to think that we can do that.
"My concentration has just been on the games. We'll see where we're at by Monday evening. We want to, as a club, improve the squad and hopefully we can do that over the next 24 hours or so."
