Celtic ended their earlier Premiership season with extra objectives scored (92) than another workforce within the division, they usually have additionally scored extra (12) than another workforce within the league this time round within the early weeks of the marketing campaign.
One man who helped in direction of seeing his aspect turn out to be the very best attacking workforce within the division final time period and has already helped them in entrance of aim within the new marketing campaign is David Turnbull.
In 25 league appearances final season, the midfielder scored six instances and supplied 5 assists alongside the way in which.
Having appeared in all four of Celtic’s league video games up to now within the present marketing campaign, the 23-year-old has provided one help for the Hoops, which got here throughout their 2-0 win over Aberdeen.
While he hasn’t supplied a aim contribution in his last three league appearances, the remaining days of the summer season transfer window might give the Bhoys the chance to usher in a participant with whom Ange Postecoglou might kind a harmful duo alongside Turnbull to assist get the very best out of him.
One man who has been mentioned with a transfer to Glasgow and who might do that job is Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley.
With 232 Premier League appearances to his identify, the Englishman has scored 29 objectives and delivered 31 assists within the course of, highlighting how helpful he might be in entrance of aim, similar to Turnbull.
Praised for his “tremendous” work ethic and angle by former Aston Villa supervisor Dean Smith, Barkley ended his loan spell on the membership with the fourth-highest price for shot-creating actions per 90 minutes (4.41) within the squad, exhibiting how succesful he’s of establishing goalscoring alternatives.
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Bearing in thoughts how the present Celtic midfielder ended his earlier league marketing campaign with the best common for key passes per sport (3.2) out of any Hoops participant to start out greater than three matches, having a duo of him and the Chelsea man in the identical workforce would certainly terrify many opposition defences.
Taking all this under consideration, if a deal to signal the Englishman is there to be achieved earlier than the summer season transfer window closes, Celtic ought to do all that they will to get him of their squad, as his attacking expertise and expertise of playing in Europe might give the Hoops a large increase to their hopes of having fun with one other profitable season.