Brendan Rodgers won’t discount Celtic’s summer acquisitions after two up-and-coming talents were mentioned.

Brendan Rodgers has refused to write off any of his summer season signings and insists gamers always require time to adapt.

Celtic splurged extra than £20million in the course of the close season however have yet to see a return for their money. Luis Palma is the solely arrival who has hooked up himself as a regular, while Paulo Bernardo has only these days forced his way into the fold. But the likes of Gustaf Lagerbielke, Yang, Kwon, Odin Thiago Holm and Marco Tilio have struggled to impress, forcing Rodgers to seek similarly reinforcements in January.

The Hoops boss has made it clear that he is craving “quality” this month and used the term to describe the £2.8m addition of Rapid Vienna winger Nicolas Kuhn. A new left-back and striker are additionally on his wishlist, however Rodgers believes his summer time captures can nevertheless come good, citing the instance of Liam Scales who has emerged from the shadows this season.

Asked the place the Premiership leaders can improve in the second-half of the season, Rodgers told Celtic TV: “Well, I suppose the consistency is the predominant one. I’ve been really delighted to work with the players, accurate guys. We misplaced some vital gamers and of course a lot of younger gamers that had come in and will take a wee bit of time to adapt.

“Some of these have begun to emerge, the likes of Liam Scales. He’s not a young player, of course, however he got here into the team and has performed great. Paulo Bernardo, this last period, has settled in very well. But it truly is how long it can now and again take for a younger participant coming from a different country, one-of-a-kind lifestyle and exceptional expectations.

“It’s been top notch to see the likes of them coming through. For me, it’s simply that consistency and mentality and that will optimistically spread into that performance level. We’ve viewed that in the closing 4 games, we’ve got been much extra like what we’ve been.

“We’ve had other virtually properly performances, Atletico Madrid at home, we have been very clinical in opposition to Aberdeen. In the 2nd half of the season, we can proceed to develop and development the mind-set of the players and crew and appear to have a truely thrilling second part to the season.”