Brendan Rodgers addresses Celtic left-back transfer question
Inamura played in the 2-1 win over Cork City and the 3-2 loss to Estrela de Amadora.
Rodgers said [RecordSport]: "The pre-season is always to assess.
"We know the model here at the club is always to improve them.
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"Sometimes that means they come in and you assess and look, and look to see what's right for the development of them and the team.
"That's what I'm about, getting a collection of individual players that I can see development and improvement in.
"If they are going to be close to the first-team, they'll stay and do that.
"If not, we may feel they need to go out.
"Ina's that example.
"I just wanted to get the chance to see him and we'll continue to do that.
"But we know in the background that if we need to move on that position, that's something that we will be ready to do."
Celtic play Sporting CP on Wednesday.
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