Without any shadow of a doubt, the Scottish Premiership has been a one-horse race this term. Celtic have been brutally ruthless on every frontier on the domestic soil so far this campaign, having bagged the Scottish Premiership silverware as well as the League Cup and are due to face Aberdeen later this month in the final of the Scottish Cup. There has been the existence of something spectacular in the way the Hoops have gone on to win games on the trot and have evidently been miles ahead of their fellow Scottish clubs in terms of quality and productivity.
Brendan Rodgers has to be given a lot of credit for the whereabouts of the Celts this season as he garnered a scintillating set of productive results from his troops. He allowed the youngsters to thrive and let the experienced veterans be the guardians and the outputs have been testaments of their relentless toil and flamboyance. However, the former Liverpool and Swansea City manager is eyeing to be the mastermind behind the uplift of the stature of the Glasgow giants in the coming years in the Champions League and no wonder why he would be keen to inject notable names to his armoury.
One of the latest reports to have surfaced has been the one linking Manchester City’s perennially underutilised asset in the shape of Fabian Delph. The former Aston Villa midfielder, ever since his big-money move to the Etihad Stadium, has found opportunities pretty hard to come by and one must admit that he has only stagnated himself in a Sky Blue shirt. A player of his calibre must be plying his trade week in and week out and no wonder why the apparent interest from a renowned club like Celtic should appeal to him to make a move once the summer transfer window opens.
Having emerged through the youth ranks of Bradford City and Leeds United, Delph is a well-nourished player who showcases his talent of moving forward to make the team click and tracking back to cushion the backline time and again. His wide range of accurate passing (more often than not) gives him a different pedestal to excel and dribbles with sheer ease. Besides, he can dictate the tempo of the game from the centre of the park and unease the opponents with his movements. Celtic are in the process of constructing something galvanising and by roping someone of Delph’s calibre into their ranks, they could only bring an upward trajectory in their form in future.
