{"id":158709,"date":"2025-11-02T11:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/158709\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T11:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:57:08","slug":"chris-sutton-says-celtic-duo-in-head-scratching-situations-as-he-questions-dermot-desmonds-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/158709\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Sutton says Celtic duo in ‘head-scratching’ situations, as he questions Dermot Desmond’s claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It has been a pretty eventful week at Celtic. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone has had their say, from the usually quiet Dermot Desmond<\/a> to the pretty outspoken Celtic<\/a> hero, Chris Sutton<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The takeaway from Brendan Rodgers\u2019 brutal exit<\/a> this week was that statement from Desmond, and how he went about verbally savaging the departed Celtic coach. <\/p>\n

Sutton wanted to pick through what Desmond had to say in his statement<\/a>, as he tried to defend Rodgers\u2019 corner when it came to that abject 2025 summer transfer window<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"HayatoPhoto by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesChris Sutton on Jahmai Simpson-Pusey and Hayato Inamura\u2019s situations at Celtic<\/p>\n

Two players signed this summer were Jahmai Simpson-Pusey<\/a>, on loan from Manchester City, and Hayato Inamura<\/a>, who came in from the J-League. <\/p>\n

Speaking to Sky Sports Football<\/a>, Sutton wanted to point out that Desmond claimed that Rodgers had \u2018total control\u2019 when it came to transfers.<\/p>\n

Yet, he questioned just how much Rodgers wanted to sign players like Simpson-Pusey and Inamura because they have been \u2018head-scratching\u2019 situations. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf we deal with the details, so the contract situation (between Rodgers and the board), you can see both sides,\u201d said Sutton. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think with the signing policy. The wording with that was pretty strong. It was pretty emphatic, in terms of Dermot saying, \u2018Brendan has total control.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u201cBut Brendan didn\u2019t get what he wanted. So, the players that Celtic signed over the summer, Brendan was very vocal. We saw in the earlier clip, on August 1, I think it was, him coming out and a message to the board that he needed players to come in. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere we are, \u2018every player signed and sold was done with Brendan\u2019s full knowledge, approval and endorsement. Any insinuation otherwise is absolutely false.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Brendan will say, \u2018I didn\u2019t replace the quality with the quality I desired.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Eilidh Barbour:<\/strong> \u201cSo, he perhaps endorsed the signings that came in, but was looking for more.\u201d <\/p>\n

Sutton: <\/strong>\u201cSome may be development players. You look at the type of players coming in \u2013 then there are the Inamura and Simpson-Pusey situations. They are head-scratching situations. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think anybody can make head or tail of it. Over the years, there have been massive issues with Celtic\u2019s strategy. Nobody has ever got to the bottom of it. It\u2019s a mess. I don\u2019t know whether they have a strategy.\u201d <\/p>\n

Have Simpson-Pusey or Inamura played competitively for Celtic?<\/p>\n

Inamura was first to arrive, and Celtic supporters actually got to see him in action in pre-season, playing at left-back, even though he is a left-sided centre-back.<\/p>\n

From the pre-season matches, Inamura looked impressive<\/a>, but the 23-year-old has hardly been seen since. <\/p>\n