Opinion – Celtic needs a quality centre-back summer signing

CCV is of course the main man in the centre of defence, and Brendan seems to prefer Liam Scales beside him judging by his selections towards the end of the season.

It’s quite clear though that despite his commitment and effort, Liam Scales is probably somewhere between being a first team regular and a squad player yes, but regular starter is questionable. Same goes for Auston Trusty who looks a decent player, but Brendan doesn’t seem to fancy him in the big games, whilst young Dane Murray is seen no more than emergency cover if he’s ever fit enough to play.  Out of all the central defenders mentioned he is clearly the most injury prone.

So it’s imperative that we recruit another quality centre back, one in the mould of CCV. That would set us back a big fee, but it’s an area in great need of improvement. Even a high profile loan signing would be satisfactory, as long as it’s a player of sufficient quality and experience.

We have two reliable and quality full backs in Alistair Johnston and Kieran Tierney, if we found a quality partner for CCV then our defence would look formidable in domestic football and competent enough in European football, hopefully in the Champions League.

And for that vital lay-off round we need to make sure that we have our best eleven on the pitch. There’s so much at stake in these two games that nothing but Celtic at our best and at our strongest in terms of the starting XI will do.