Brendan Rodgers on where the real ‘focus’ is as Celtic boss dodges transfer talk

The quiet continues.

Celtic fans are furious with the club’s board since the summer transfer window is still open with just over two weeks left and no new players appear to be on the way.

Brendan Rodgers indicated as much before Sunday’s triumph against Aberdeen, and nothing substantial has arrived since the Pittodrie trip.

Celtic’s next match is against Falkirk in the Premier Sports Cup, and a win would advance the trophy holders to the quarter-final stage.

Rodgers says ‘focus’ is on current Celtic group, not transfers

In an interview that was made public on Thursday morning, Rodgers gave a preview of the match to Celtic TV. Gerry McCulloch asked the Celtic manager if, in light of all the talk about possible new players, the focus is still on the players he has on hand. Rodgers responded without mentioning the transfer market, which could worry Hoops fans even more. “Well yeah, I think the focus is really good and that comes from the daily environment where the focus is on the way you train and prepare yourselves, and knowing that the strength of us will always be the team.” “So we’ve seen that, and we saw it in the first game (against St Mirren) as well. The guys really believe in the process of work, the energy is really good. And like I said, they’ve produced two really good performances.”

As a manager, I have visited Aberdeen numerous times, and it is a famously difficult location.

However, I felt that we played some excellent football and were quite adept at managing and calming the fans. And it’s true that we deserved to win.

What do Celtic need from the transfer market?

Shin Yamada, a striker from Kawasaki Frontale, was Celtic’s final acquisition on July 19, bringing their strike force to four players.

However, given concerns about Adam Idah, the current first-choice center forward, supporters contend Celtic still need another top-tier striker.

However, the urgent need for wingers is the most relevant issue. In order to replace Nicolas Kuhn and the injured Jota, Celtic now has Daizen Maeda, James Forrest, and Yang Hyun-jun, but more are needed.

Late in the summer transfer window, Celtic paid a total of £20 million for Arne Engels and Idah. Is a comparable timetable about to occur again?