All of a sudden, the positivity is rolling back to the green and white half of Glasgow.
The Hoops have now won four games on the bounce and amongst that, they took home the Scottish Cup following a win over Hearts.
Heading into a transfer window, the Hoops are building up ahead of steam nicely.
What’s the word?
Celtic can be under no illusions that they’re still having a disastrous season. Their victory against Hearts last weekend cannot mask that and in January, they need to address a number of issues.
That starts with their horrific defence, one that conceded a mammoth 19 goals in six Europa League games.
It’s no secret that the Bhoys could do with a new goalkeeper and they may have found their answer in someone already playing in Scotland.
That’s because according to The Daily Mail, Celtic are interested in signing Dundee United stopper Benjamin Siegrist.
The Swiss has been placed on their list of targets ahead of January and it is thought that they’ve already scouted the 28-year-old on a number of occasions.
Siegrist’s agent Dr Thomas Kraft said: “There is interest in him from clubs in the Bundesliga and the Dutch Eredivisie.
“Celtic have also scouted him several times, that is true. But today, at this moment, we have no official offer from Celtic. Will Benjamin leave Dundee United in January? It depends on the financial situation at United. You would have to ask the club, it’s difficult for me to say.”
Sign the thing
This would be a brilliant piece of shrewd business from Nick Hammond and Celtic.
The Hoops landed Vasilis Barkas for a haul of £5m in the summer but it’s hard to argue that he’s been a perfect signing. His succession of individual errors against AC Milan have summed up a torrid start to his Hoops career, one where he’s been dislodged by two different ‘keepers.
First, it was the turn of Scott Bain but he was again rather error-prone, proving to be a disaster when Celtic shipped four goals in Prague. On top of that, Conor Hazard has been inconsistent.
He kept the club’s first clean sheet since early November against Kilmarnock but was at fault in normal time during the Scottish cup final. Hazard did, of course, save two penalties in the shoot out but they could do with a more reliable senior goalkeeper.
In Siegrist, they’d have that. The Dundee United stopper has had an excellent campaign, keeping five clean sheets in the process. “Benjamin has had an extraordinary season and the last match against Hibernian he produced a high-level performance,” his agent told The Daily Mail.
It’s important to look at his colossal height of 6 foot 4 too, something that comes close to matching the frame of Fraser Forster. The Englishman was a goliath between the sticks last season and it’s clear Celtic are missing someone of his presence.
Siegrist could help to finally solve this void.