Anthony Joseph is a very well-informed guy, and so when he says that Celtic are doing “due diligence” on a number of players as potential replacements for Matt O’Riley then we should take it seriously insofar as this is what he’s being told, and by a source good enough that he feels confident in putting that information in the public domain.
That doesn’t mean that what he is running is any way connected to reality. I am not questioning Anthony Joseph’s motives. I’m questioning the motives of whoever is providing him his information in this case, and their motives I do not trust at all.
The three names he’s presented to us are such different sorts of players that it sets the alarm bells ringing right away, and as such I cannot imagine that two of them are the guys who the manager is considering for his position. There is virtually no chance of that. Nor do I believe that Bernardo is an adequate replacement. O’Riley’s goals and assists made a substantial contribution to the campaign. You need a similar type player to get that back and he’s not that.
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