Kristofer Ajer – The Midfield Wonderkid Moved To Central Defence
Ajer signed for us as a midfielder of exceptional promise. He was already an international, at a very young age, and a first team player for his club. He seemed to have all the attributes to be a top class hard man in the middle of the park.
But Brendan Rodgers had other ideas; he saw the kid and immediately started to polish his defensive game. He loaned him to Killie on the condition that they play him as a centre back and he returned to Celtic Park having made that position his.
He has already played a number of important games for us in that position; you may one day see Ajer play in his midfield role again, but don’t count on it.
He is fast becoming one of the most important players in our squad, which is a credit to his hard work and Brendan’s decision to let him go out on loan.
It is all coming together for Kristofer Ajer.