Ten Days Into the Transfer Window: We’re Running Out of Time and Crossing Our Fingers

We haven’t signed anyone as of now, ten days

into the transfer window.

Yosuke Ideguchi, who left Celtic on a permanent

deal to join Japanese Champions Vissel Kobe—

the team actually made a little profit on the

player—and other players, including Gustaf

Lagerbielke and Alexandro Bernabei, appear to

be leaving on a temporary basis.

Is the club simply cleaning house before we

make any commitments to prospective new

members? Hopefully, as we are lacking in

numbers, particularly up front, with five players

of our team serving overseas.

Naturally, we still have three weeks to negotiate

any deals, so patience is required.

However, given our board’s seeming indifference

to incomings, it seems sense that people are getting antsy.

I wouldn’t consider the lack of significant

connections to be a reason for alarm because we

hardly ever, if ever, provide the media with

updates on our transfer targets.

But the truth is that we still need fresh faces on

our team—and good ones, at that.

Hopefully, we are putting in a lot of effort behind

the scenes to bring in the necessary players.

Because pressure will build up on the board if

the opportunity closes and we haven’t added

new faces—and the proper ones, at that—to the

group.