Following Saturday’s tie between Celtic and Aberdeen, supporters, analysts, and past players have all shared their thoughts on the future of the team.
The focus of criticism has primarily been on Celtic’s January transfer window, with Ange Postecoglou’s acquisition coming under scrutiny for his role in Celtic’s two-point loss at Pittodrie.
Hugh Keevins pointed the finger at Argentine full-back, Alexandro Bernabei, and has told the £3.75m signing from Lanus that he is simply not good enough to play for Celtic.
Keevins said [Clyde Superscoreboard], “He’s a £3.75m player who has been found to be, like many at Celtic, unworthy of the jersey. So the time will come when is offloaded.
“He is there as an emergency stopgap because Greg Taylor is out injured.“
The Celtic fans won’t like this but they will agree with Keevins on this one. Bernabei has shown nothing to prove that he’s got the ability to be a regular starter for Celtic.
In the 221 minutes Bernabei has played this season for Celtic he has reached an average match rating of 6.56. [WhoScored]
In those minutes the 23-year-old has made just two tackles, averaging 0.2 blocks, 0.5 clearances and 0.3 interceptions.
You could argue that with the amount of attacking Celtic do that is expected but when Bernabei has played in the 2-0 defeat to Hearts, the struggling 1-0 win over Ross County and Saturday’s draw against Aberdeen, there was plenty of defending to do in both games that he should have been involved in.
Let’s not forget it was Bernabei’s error that led to Bojan Miovski’s opener on Saturday afternoon.
Offensively, his stats are not much better. As an attacking fullback, Bernabei has no goals or assists, has averaged 0.5 shots, 0.5 key passes and has a passing success rate of 80.8%.
Unfortunately, I am in agreement with Keevins, Bernabei needs to be moved on and hopefully, that move will come in the summer.
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