Celtic transfer patience won't last forever as fans that built Brendan Rodgers' kitty want to see it spent

Everyone knows the line about patience being a virtue. Not many know the next bit from the original quote that mentions ‘an ass that trots beneath his burden and is quiet’. And the poem from the middle ages certainly doesn’t mention football fans tearing out their hair in the wait for new signings to arrive.

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers admitted the other day there is a need for patience when it comes to transfers. He knows there is work to be done and, for the most part, Parkhead punters have been pretty chilled out so far. But there is definitely a sense some of them are getting a little tense as they hold on for the pics of new faces with scarves above their heads.

They’d be as well holding tight. Celtic will make signings. Historically, they might take their time but new recruits – and plenty of them – do tend to arrive eventually.

It’ll be the same this summer. No one remembers the ants in the pants in early July by the end of the window when there’s 10 fresh faces to get used to. Rodgers is the man who has to front up the constant questions about this kind of stuff while the men in suits stay out of sight.

But, make no mistake, it’s the club ties who will be judged by the time the transfer market is dubbed up at the end of August. And supporters won’t be so patient if there’s not been serious dosh spent in the coming weeks.

They know there is a pile of dosh swirling around the Celtic coffers. They quite like the fact their club is minted and in no danger of the bailiffs popping around any time soon. But they also see a chunk of that cash as their own – and they’d be right.

Celtic fans have seriously backed their club and they have every right to expect a chunk of that cash to be properly invested in the playing