There is yet more embarrassment for Celtic's recruitment chiefs after a fresh claim from journalist Anthony Joseph over the signing of Oliver Sorensen.
Sorensen was signed on loan from Parma to fill a midfield gap, and he has barely featured, earning rare starts despite Celtic having obvious issues in the midfield, while he has infrequently appeared from the bench, making four appearances in the Europa League in all.
The midfielder hasn't shown anything in games that would warrant more regular starts, and he does feel like a misfit signing. Things could change, and perhaps he needs to find his feet, but the early signs are not particularly promising.
According to Sky Sports journalist Joseph, Sorensen was actually a signing made to fill a gap in midfield, and he was a last-minute suggestion from an agent.
Joseph told Celtic Fans TV: “Sorensen was a bizarre signing, recommended by an agent to sort of fill in a gap in midfield because they knew that they weren’t going to get Mamic, well, weren’t going to splash out on him and were in negotiations for Gineitis.
“Sørensen was meant to be a more attacking midfielder but every time I watch him I honestly don’t know what he does!
“I don’t want to be disrespectful to him but I don’t know what he brings to a football team. Every time he’s on the pitch I can’t see what type of player he is. I can’t work it out and he’s played plenty of games already.”
More embarrassment for Celtic chiefs
Look, agent-recommended signings aren't doomed to fail, but this speaks to the terrible organisation that surrounded Celtic's window. They went into the window knowing they were very likely to lose Reo Hatate and Arne Engels, but they had no real plan to replace them.
Mika Baur was signed, but there was no sign of any real replacement for Engels, who was their most talented player going into the summer. They made excuses all summer about agent fees and silly things they should already be accustomed to as a professional football club.
Their failure to have a list of genuine targets was exposed quickly when they couldn't sign their main targets, and the result was a bunch of panic signings late in the summer, largely made up of young players on loan and cheap deals. It fooled no one, and this news is no surprise on the back of that.
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