Pundit claims Celtic player is not happy with his role

Celtic have a stacked squad at this point of time. As a result, it is only natural that not everybody has a starting role in Ange Postecoglou’s team at the moment. One thing that the manager has done well though is keeping everybody involved, even if they are not starters. But a pundit believes that one player is not happy with his role.

The player in question is none other than Liel Abada. The Israeli international was brought in in the summer of 2021 while he was still a teenager.

Since then, he has played a key part in Celtic’s triumphs under the management of Postecoglou. But he has mostly been playing the role of an impact substitute and has found starts harder to come by, especially this season as Daizen Maeda’s role in the team has grown by a large extent.

Alan Hutton believes that Abada is not happy that he is not starting every week and had some words of advice for the youngster as well. As reported by Football Insider, he said:

"“He is obviously not happy that he is not starting week in, week out.“He is obviously a really good player. The problem with Celtic at this moment in time is that they have got a lot of options and he has not quite been in the starting lineup as much as he would like.“There has been a lot of talk about him. I do not think Ange would want to let him go, he has still played minutes.“It does not help when you go away on international duty and come back injured when you are just desperate to play football.“He is a young guy, he has got a lot to give and Ange obviously trusts him. It is just about forcing his way into the team but it is always going to be difficult at a big club.“"

Pundit claims Celtic player is not happy with his role in the team right now

There is no doubt about Abada’s talent. In fact, his ability to impact a game of football in the final third of the pitch is quite special and he has shown that time after time with both goals and assists.

But at the same time, one cannot overlook the fact that it will be very difficult for him to get starts. He has the likes of Jota and Maeda ahead of him in the pecking order.

Abada has been linked with a move to the Premier League lately as well but then, he would struggle for a starting role there as well. The best path for him might be to stay at Celtic. He is just 21 years of age and still has plenty of time to develop.