How many more midfielders will Celtic buy and sell?

13 midfielders but will it be enough?

With Celtic bringing in Israeli midfielder Beram Kayal, some fans have been wondering why the club have spent more money on another midfielder?

Even before Wednesday night’s capitulation in Braga, the Celtic backline and goalkeeping spot were under close scrutiny and they failed the first test of the new season. This means that the need to bring in centre halfs, a left back and even a goalkeeper should be pressing matters for the club.

This is why there has been some concern over the fact that another midfielder has been added to the squad but Celtic may not be as overburdened in that area as you would first think.

A look at the Celtic website suggests the club has 13 midfielders in their first team squad.

3 of these players are youngsters so you can overlook Simon Ferry, who appears to be on his way to Swindon Town anyway, as well as Ryan Conroy and Charlie Grant. This takes the number of midfielders down to 10.

Aiden McGeady is on the list as well and it would appear that he will be leaving the club shortly. The official line is that Aiden McGeady missed the Braga match because of an injury but many believe he was removed from the match squad to prevent him from being cup-tied.

This leaves the midfield with 9 players and it has to be said that Lennon doesn’t appear to fancy Marc Crosas, with the Catalan player only featuring in emergencies or when the game may not be the most important in the mind of the manager.

So that leaves the Celtic midfield down to 8 players.

Of these, it has to be said that wide men Shaun Maloney, Paddy McCourt and Niall McGinn have all suffered injury problems and it would be a brave manager that put all his faith in them. This leaves you with a core of five players:

Efrain Juarez
Scott Brown
Joe Ledley
Ki Sung Yueng
And new signing Beram Kayal

There is every chance that Aiden McGeady will be replaced, the rumours about Liam Lawrence refuse to go away, or there may be a hope that one of the afore mentioned trio of McGinn, McCourt and Maloney can step up to the plate to replace the Republic of Ireland international.

However, if Celtic are planning to play a 4-5-1 (or 4-3-3) or whatever variant is popular this week, they may find themselves short of numbers if injuries and suspension kick in.

It has to be said that Celtic’s top priorities are the left back, centre half and striking position so there needs to be action on improving these positions.

However, thinking that the Celtic midfield is settled is not quite true either. We wouldn’t be surprised to see a few more changes in the middle of the park for Celtic as well as the other positions on the field.

How many more changes do you think Celtic need to make?

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