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Manager Brendan Rodgers admits the January transfer window “wasn’t ideal” for Celtic but is not apportioning blame ahead of a club review.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Scottish Premiership leaders signed Jeffrey Schlupp from Crystal Palace on deadline day and brought winger Jota back from Rennes, with forward Kyogo Furuhashi moving in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n
“I said it myself, we wanted another striker, so we’re not hiding behind anything,” said Rodgers.<\/p>\n
“And absolutely, the supporters will look and see that a top striker has gone out, a legendary striker.<\/p>\n
“So I understand that. But all I can do is affect what we have now and look to teach and work very hard and finish off what has been, until now, a great season for us.”<\/p>\n
Adam Idah has responded to the void left by Kyogo’s departure with three goals in two games, having gone without scoring since late November.<\/p>\n
Johnny Kenny, 21, has returned from a loan spell with Shamrock Rovers, while Daizen Maeda can also play through the middle, although he is suspended for the first leg of the Champions League play-off against Bayern Munich next week.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to pin blame on anyone here,” added Rodgers. “I think as a collective, it wasn’t ideal how it ended for us. We have to, as a club now, go away and look at that, like we do in every window.<\/p>\n
“I’m not going to become frustrated and kill my joy of working here by thinking what could have been.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n