We can’t ignore it – Brendan Rodgers discusses a problem in detail

Brendan Rodgers has admitted that Celtic organized for the possibility of Kyogo Furuhashi being away on global obligation at the Asian Cup.

Soon after determining the Glasgow Derby with his seventh strike of the year in that fixture Japan introduced their Asian Cup squad with the Celtic striker missing.

Without any dispute Celtic followers have no doubt over who their quality Japanese player is but this weekend Kyogo’s focus is on Buckie Thistle while Reo Hatate and Daizen Maeda are elsewhere.

The selection through Hajime Moriyasu to cut out Kyogo has saved Celtic a big headache however having one striker for the subsequent 4 weeks is also fantastically risky.

Discussing his putting dilemma, Rodgers advised the Daily Mail:

• It’s an location we have to seem to be at, we can’t pass it. It’s the balance between bringing any individual in to task whilst acknowledging that’s a tough sell to any person when Kyogo has been splendid here.
• Or is it a young participant who comes in with possible to enhance and get better?
• Those are the matters that you assume about, because it clearly is only for a quick length of time that these guys will be missing. But, yeah, it’s all about availability.
• It’s also one that we have been searching at for a period of time and it would have certainly changed if Kyogo had long past away with Japan.
• That was our thinking process, that we would sincerely be left with no one. Him being here for really one recreation a week for a number of weeks adjustments the dynamic.

On February three Celtic travel to Aberdeen, three days later they face Hibs at Easter Road in suits with virtually no margin for error.

With Anthony Joseph reporting that contract talks are set to take location with Rocco Vata which ought to provide an in-house answer to the striker problem.