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'He's got the potential to be a force'
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Will Celtic's tendency for late business catch them out?
With a Champions League qualifier on the horizon and the domestic campaign already under way, there is growing frustration among Celtic supporters about a lack of transfer business. While they've seen six new faces permanently through the door - Benjamin Nygren, Hayato Inamura, Shin Yamada, Kieran Tierney, Ross Doohan and Callum Osmand - only three were part of the squad for last weekend's Premiership opener. Kieran Tierney made his first competitive start since returning to the club while Benjamin Nygren started in place of last season's summer signing Arne Engels. Shin Yamada was an unused substitute while centre-back Jahmai Simpson-Pusey was spotted in the stands at Parkhead in full training gear before his loan deal was announced the following day. But how did Celtic look at this point in last year's transfer window?On 8 August 2024, Celtic had added Paulo Bernardo plus goalkeepers Kasper Schmeichel and Viljami Sinisalo but still hadn't completed deals for Engels, Auston Trusty, Luke McCowan or Adam Idah. Striker Idah, who had spent the 2023-24 season on loan, arrived at Celtic on 15 August for a reported fee of around £9.5m. Alex Valle joined on loan in late August and Engels wouldn't arrive until deadline day for a club record fee of £11m alongside centre-back Auston Trusty and midfielder Luke McCowan. While that timeline shows Celtic's tendency for late business, there's one big difference between where the club sat last summer compared to now - the Champions League play-off. While Celtic went straight into the league phase a year ago, this season they face a two-legged tie against either Kairat or Slovan Bratislava to secure their will need to name his full squad, up to 25 players, for the play-off round by midnight on 14 August - the day before Celtic signed Idah last year - albeit the club are allowed two late additions that can be made until the day before the first leg on 19 or 20 August. So with the deadline edging closer, will Rodgers have the signings he craves when Celtic bid for Champions League qualification?
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Pick of the stats: Southampton v Wrexham
There may not have been a Hollywood ending to Southampton's season in the Premier League, but there's a Hollywood beginning to their life back in the head to St Mary's for the opening game of the season (12:30 BST), the first the Red Dragons will play in the second tier of English football in more than 43 extraordinary rise through the divisions, courtesy of back-to-back-to-back promotions under Phil Parkinson, with the much publicised backing of actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny, has Wrexham fans dreaming of yet another push for fans are just looking to get back to winning ways after a season which saw them lose 30 of their 38 fixtures, winning only two and accruing 12 boss Will Still says the club want to 'turn the page' on last season, and what better way to start than in a match sure to capture the attention of millions around the is the first meeting in any competition between Southampton and Wrexham since the 1979-80 League Cup second round, when Saints won 5-0 at home and 3-0 away in that two-legged last league encounter between Southampton and Wrexham was in April 1960 in the third tier with the Welsh side winning 2-1 with goals from Ron Harbertson and Bernard have won just one of their last 11 opening fixtures of a league campaign (D4 L6), though that sole victory came during their only Championship fixture in that time – a 2-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday in August are unbeaten across their last 10 league games (W7 D3), conceding multiple goals in just one of those matches. The Welsh side last had a longer unbeaten stint in the EFL between March and August 2003 (18 games).Wrexham will play their first second-tier game in 43 years and 86 days when they face Southampton in their opening Championship fixture of the 2025-26 season. It's the longest gap between matches in England's second-tier since Doncaster Rovers returned in 2008 (50y, 105d)
