Jota's return had fans giddy but Rodgers' tune changed as Deadline Day approached when it came to strengthening his squad
The message from Brendan Rodgers throughout the transfer window was Celtic knew exactly what they needed to do.
Rodgers also seemed to change his tune on Kyogo as the window went on. He went from staying, to "what if" to Rodgers revealing a request to leave was made months ago. Record Sport has looked at every word Rodgers said on transfers this month and whether he's had the window he wanted. "People will always look into something, he didn't celebrate enough, or he didn't do this, or he didn't do that. I see him every day. I see his work, I see his intensity – maybe he scores so much that he doesn't really have to celebrate madly all the time. Or maybe he was too cold.
On replacing Kyogo The message after he left for France quickly became about the need to replace him: “Well, clearly, he’s been a real iconic player for the club. He’s done absolutely brilliantly in his time here, so yes, it’s about getting a replacement. I think that’s made clear. However, as time ticked down, Rodgers conceded that a loan may be Celtic's only option, stating: “There’s no point in bringing in someone if they’re not the right fit. So it might be more down that route, but we’ll wait and see.
“I don’t know. I think that, like I said, we’d prepared that for the summer. And I don’t want to speak too much on it, with the greatest respect, because he’s not a Celtic player here now with us. But, if we were able to do it, of course we would like to do that. But that’s out of our control at this moment in time.
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