Celtic transfer phone call pleading to sign 'somebody terrific' has Hugh Keevins evoking a sense of great sympathy

I like it when supporters give an honest and heartfelt response to any development involving their club.

I also respect their right to say a fan’s opinion is more relevant than one held by people in my position on the basis that they pay to get into matches and we don’t.

No offence meant. None taken. That’s why I felt sympathy for the Celtic supporter who called the radio on the day it was announced a deal was about to be done to sell Nicolas Kuhn to Serie A side Como.

Corporate efficiency dictated that Celtic sell the German because the monetary profit made on him in a short space of time is eye-watering.

Corporate negligence would be not re-investing the money for the betterment of the team.

Or, as the fan put it in wonderfully simplistic terms, “Why don’t we just buy somebody terrific?”

The caller, quite rightly, identified himself as a working-class person who paid good, recently increased, money for his season ticket and wanted to think his hard earned cash was being utilised for his benefit and the satisfaction of people like him.

And, for good measure, he closed his case by saying the loss of the Scottish Cup final to Aberdeen last May was still the cause of a sour taste.

A historic Treble ultimately lost because Brendan Rodgers’ squad was found wanting.

Fans moaning about Celtic’s recruitment strategy is an annual event on the calendar.

But that doesn’t mean it is moaning without validity on occasion. Celtic can’t afford to mis-manage this transfer window. A Champions League qualifier to come with millions of pounds at stake says they can’t afford any errors or complacency.

“Somebody terrific” is out there for Rodgers and there’s ample money to pay for him. But then, that was the case in 2018, during the