Manajan Celtic, Martin O'Neill, ya yarda cewa yana takaici da ganin Arne Engels yana barin kulob din, amma ya amince da cewa ɗan wasan tsakiya bai da wata zaɓi face karɓar tayin West Ham — kwantiragin shekaru biyar mai darajar fam miliyan 22.

Engels yana tafiya zuwa West Ham duk da cewa Celtic ya ƙi tayin fam miliyan 25 daga Nottingham Forest don ɗan wasan ƙasar Belgium a lokacin tagar canja wurin Janairu. O'Neill ya lura cewa Engels bai taɓa ƙorafin ba lokacin da wannan tayin ya zo a ƙarshe kuma a ƙarshe aka ƙi shi.

"Na yi takaici sosai, a gaskiya, da ya bar kulob din, ya yi mana aiki mai kyau. Damar ce gare shi kuma yana da wuya sosai ya ƙi ta," in ji O'Neill.

Manajan mai shekaru 74 yana magana a taron manema labarai kafin gasar kwaf ta Scottish League Cup da'ira ta biyu da Dundee United a ranar Asabar. Ficewa ta Engels kuma ta zo jim kaɗan kafin wasan farko na play-off na UEFA Champions League tsakanin Celtic da LASK ranar Laraba mai zuwa.

Raunin Johnston yana ƙara damuwar Celtic

O'Neill ya kuma bayyana cewa bek ɗin dama Alistair Johnston zai rasa wasanni na makonni da yawa bayan ya samu rauni a tsoka a ƙafar sa. An cire Johnston daga filin a rabi na farko yayin nasara ta 5-1 akan Kilmarnock a ranar Lahadi, inda Everton ta nuna sha'awa ga ɗan wasan ƙasar Canada.

Manajan ya nuna cewa Engels mai yiwuwa yana da yanayin Johnston a zuciyarsa sa'ad da yake matsa don tafiyar da wuri — yana jin tsoron cewa irin wannan raunin na iya lalata tafiyarsa shi ma.

"Ina tsammanin Arne yana damuwa cewa irin wannan abu zai same shi. Daga fuskar wasa, zan iya fahimtar hakan," in ji O'Neill.

Game da Johnston, O'Neill ya nuna fata: "Zai rasa makonni kaɗan. Da zarar ya warke, tagar canja wuri za ta riga ta rufe. Abin baƙin ciki ne gare shi amma ba dogon rashin lafiya ba ne."

Ƙarin samarwa ana tsammani zuwa Celtic Park

Celtic ta riga ta yi aiki da sauri a kasuwar wannan mako, ta kawo ɗan wasan gefin Egypt Haissem Hassan da ɗan wasan tsakiya na Germany Under-21 Mika Baur. O'Neill ya nuna cewa ƙarin sanya hannu na zuwa kafin rufe taga.

Ɗaya daga cikin masu yiwuwa shi ne bek ɗin hagu na Chelsea Landon Emenalo, mai shekaru 18, wanda aka nuna masa cibiyar horar da Lennoxtown ta Celtic a wannan mako. Ana la'akari da aro ɗan wasan don ya zama madadin Kieran Tierney.

"Ina tsammanin shi ne saurayi mai ƙwazo sosai. Babu shakka muna buƙatar a lura da wannan matsayi. Yana da ɗan rauni a yanzu — muna fatan zai warke nan ba da jimawa ba. Kuma idan ya warke, ina so in samu shi," in ji O'Neill.

O'Neill, wanda ya dawo cikakke aiki bayan wata hanya ta likita a makon da ya wuce, ya yabi babbar dawowar Tierney bayan matsalolin rauninsa a Arsenal, kuma ya fayyace cewa ƙara zurfi a matsayin bek ɗin hagu ya ci gaba da zama fifiko ga Celtic kafin rufe taga.