The 7 Celtic new boys in transfer wilderness as Brendan Rodgers stares down at £16m recruitment hole

The grumbles and groans have turned into loud shouts and moans from Celtic fans.

And the cries from disgruntled Parkhead punters are being aimed squarely at the Brothers Grimm' - the board and the stars who have not hit the heights expected. It was a summer of change at Celtic Park when Ange Postecoglou upped sticks for Spurs, and the heralded return of Brendan Rodgers signalled a second Celtic chance for the Prodigal son, with fans expecting the same level of utter domination that painted the picture of the Irishman's first spell.

But since his arrival it's been more deflation that domination, with back to back defeats in the Scottish Premiership for the first time since 2007 compounding a feeling something isn't quite right in Glasgow's East End. And the recruitment has been getting in the neck with many of the most recent arrivals unable to make the grade. There were nine new bodies in the door in the summer, but with Luis Palma so far the only new boy to show the right indicators, Record Sport took a look at some of the newest faces and what their transfer state of play looks like with loanee Nat Phillips also set to head back to Liverpool in January.

Celtic's hit rate in the Japanese market has been lauded, but when one boils it down the Hoops are sitting at about half and half for success. For every Daizen Maeda, Reo Hatate and world beater Kyogo Furuhashi there is a Yosuke Ideguchi, with the jury still out on Tomoki Iwata. But for another import from the land of the rising sun, Celtic has been a dark cloud. Youngster Kobayashi left boyhood club Vissel Kobe for Glasgow, but seems to be struggling to make the grade. He's fallen way down the pecking order in defence despite Celtic not having their problems to seek.