It’s crazy to think how far Celtic have fallen since Kyogo Furuhashi’s exit last January.
Not only have Celtic declined on the pitch, missed and lacked that regular goalscorer, but the player himself has watched his own career go backwards, as he struggles in the colours of Birmingham City.
The January transfer window was an interesting one, with Kyogo linked to Celtic, but the club opted to sign Tomas Cvancara and Junior Adamu as their strikers, both on loan, with an option to buy.
However, Ross McCormack thinks there is another player who made a move to the Midlands on transfer deadline day, who should have made a move to the champions of Scotland – Adam Armstrong.
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Celtic told they should have signed Adam Armstrong before Wolves transfer
Armstrong was battling away with Southampton in the English Championship before the Premier League’s bottom table club, Wolves, signed him for £9 million.
Speaking on Open Goal, McCormack thinks somebody like Armstrong would have been ‘tailor-made’ for the Hoops and the Scottish game.
The former Scotland striker compared Armstrong to Celtic hero Kyogo, and how his ‘sharpness and movement’ would have worked wonders in the famous green and white colours.
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McCormack: “There is one player, for me, if I were at Celtic, that I would have had a right go at. He went to Wolves for £9 million, Adam Armstrong.”
Si Ferry: “Really, Rossco.”
McCormack: “100%.”
Ferry: “But he would go to Wolves over Celtic, wouldn’t he? The money that he would be getting there.”
McCormack: “You think about it. He is only going to be getting that money for six months. He’s not going to go to Wolves, sign a three-and-a-half-year deal and not have a half-relegation clause.”
Andy Halliday: “I am not saying Celtic and Rangers are signing top players. I just feel that every time Celtic and Rangers sign players from down south, they just turn into an absolute shambles. All the time. They never come up here and do well or very rarely anyway.”
McCormack: “In terms of the way he plays, they are tailor-made for the Scottish game. They are so similar to Kyogo, in terms of sharpness and movement, and just pure finishers.”
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