Reo Hatate
I think Reo Hatate is still settling in as a Celtic player, but even so there is obviously a major footballer there and one who is blessed with a talent that could go all the way to the top.
People said this when he signed, people who know Japanese football and realised what we were getting.
The paltry transfer fee we paid for him is daylight robbery.
Remember Alan Hutton’s preposterous dismissal of him because he’s capable of playing in multiple positions? Yet Ange has settled him into one role, the central midfield berth.
But people forget that he’s capable on the left side of midfield, out on the wing and even, at times in his career, as a left wing-back. He’s already scored in huge games. He’s already proved that he’s one of the best players in Scotland and would get into the starting eleven across the city without breaking sweat.
The oddity is the disrespect shown to him by the Japanese national coach, but if Hatate gets his chance to play on the World Cup stage I expect him to show them what they’ve been missing and then we’ll get the interested parties chapping the door.
He’ll be at Celtic a while though, but it’s where he goes from here which would decide how far he rose in the game.
I think he’s a superstar in the making.
Some very good footballers we have, but no real elite, world class players. Van Dijk, is absolutely outstanding, Haaland as well. I also like young Foden, and Grealish, but both sides have world class all over the park. O’reilly, Juranovic, Jota, are very good players, but to be elite and world class, you need to prove it at the highest level.
Lustig was never in O’Neils teams. He joined us in 2012. You were thinking of Ulrik Laursen?
No disrespect James, but your choices show why you didn’t get it right with Van Dijk.
All good players, but only Carter-Vickers nudging at world-class at the moment. We did very well to get him.
I think it’s impossible to say who’ll reach VVD’s level or even Tierney’s. I think the players you mentioned with the exception of Liel Abada are among out best and will be looking at some point for a big move. However CCV was absent from CL and Hatate only had one good game against Real Madrid. The others were mediocre as was Jota. A lot depends on how they develop over the next year and how they perform in CL remaining games and next year.
Hatate is inconsistent and seems to lose focus
Not sure what O’R’s best position is but if he is to play a more attacking role he needs to improve his shooting, he’s scored way too few goals so far and he doesn’t look as though he can blast them in.
Abada is too inconsistent and can’t really dribble. His all round game needs to improve. He gets into good scoring positions when there are weaker defenses.
CCV strolls it in the SPFL but we need to see him against better opposition.
At the moment I’d say hatate is the most likely to earn us 30M pounds.
Potentially, we have a few players who could become world class – if they keep developing, and then do a VVD and transfer to a CL winning club.
I am becoming a bit of fanboy for Abada.
Didn’t take much notice of him last season, as Jota and Kyogo were blowing the opposition away. But this season Abada has shown glimpses of his real potential.
World Class though? Nowhere near it just now, but who knows in the future…?
Keaton Teirney I n my mind was the best back since Danny Mcgrain and I agree about Virgil