Will Hooper injury re-open Celtic door for Rasmussen?

Is there a budget to get in quality strikers?

The full extent of Gary Hooper’s injury, sustained in the 1-1 home draw with Kilmarnock, has not been discovered yet but the striker could be facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines. Neil Lennon has intimated that there will be a minimum of a 4 week absence but the doom-sayers and tabloids are predicting that Hooper could miss the rest of the campaign.

Before this injury, Celtic badly needed a top striker signed in the January transfer window but now there is a need for two. The misfiring antics of Darryl Murphy and Anthony Stokes stretched some fans to breaking point last night and knowing that Samaras was the striking option on the bench wasn’t going to lower anyone’s blood pressure on a frustrating night.

If Samaras left the club in Janury, funds and wages could be freed up for Celtic to splash out on a better quality of strikers but the PLC board really need to be looking at really strengthening this department. For all that doom and gloom has descended upon Parkhead, the team are still in the title mix. A top quality centre-half and striker, with another reasonable forward added to the squad could make all the difference for Celtic’s title hopes.

Asking for three players to come in of a high standard may be asking too much from the board or for Lennon to find within budget, so would the return of Morten Rasmussen add a viable option for Celtic?

He never got much game time but Rasmussen showed that he has a penalty box striker’s knack of bundling homes and if Celtic were able to get the ball in the box, he would be likely to turn a good few chances into goals. There is no doubt the player needs to lose weight and his attitude and application to the game may need further work but if Rasmussen returned, it could enable Celtic to place their funds into fewer but better quality baskets.

Ha, it’s the old quality versus quantity argument from the summer …even if that argument was blown away by Ranger’s late addition of Richard Foster to their squad. Then again, he was never likely to be a first pick and has did a job when required. These players are fine….but bringing in players of quantity will not help Celtic and Neil Lennon compete for the title.

Yet again, the desire and drive of the Celtic PLC is on the line….they have failed the last few tests and you wonder if they fail this one, how will the Celtic fan-base react? It may be the 22nd of December but Neil Lennon needs to get his wish-list on Peter Lawwell’s desk pretty quickly.

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