Celtic midfield intrigues me as departing duo shows David Turnbull could be facing crossroads moment - Chris Sutton

Matt O'Riley and Reo Hatate gave emphatic tasters of what they can provide.

Unfortunately, Yosuke Ideguchi didn’t really get the chance.

But these three January arrivals have got huge boots to fill in the immediate future of Celtic.

And I’d be pretty surprised if Ange Postecoglou doesn’t dip into the midfield market again this summer to further offset the losses of Tom Rogic and Nir Bitton.

The bare facts tell you what a huge void has been left by the Aussie and the Israeli.

Combined service of over 18 years and a total of 34 winners medals. There’s entire squads around at the moment who almost don’t have those numbers, never mind just two players.

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Rogic and Bitton got the send-offs they deserved seven days ago on that final Premiership afternoon against Motherwell.

Postecoglou’s transfer business at the beginning of the year would suggest he’d a fair idea the pair of them were departing even if the rest of us didn’t. Either that or you can add seeing around the corners to the list of the Aussie’s talents.

Of course, he’ll know as well as anyone that there’s no point in trying to replace Rogic. You don't replace a player like that. Just as Callum McGregor couldn’t replace Scott Brown.

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