THE fact that Benjamin Nygren is Celtic’s top scorer with four goals merely emphasises the team’s massive backfire this season.

The attack has been more toothless than ruthless as can be witnessed in firing five blanks this time around, the same amount as the entire previous campaign.

Sherlock Holmes qualities are not required when it comes to detecting why the champions should be in this sorry state of affairs.

Kyogo Furuhashi (12), Nicolas Kuhn (21) and Adam Idah (20) contributed 53 goals last term. None, of course, is currently displaying their penalty-box prowess in the east end of Glasgow.

The club’s bank balance was boosted by £35.2million in reported fees for the departing trio.

There has been an outlay of just over £12million in recruiting attacking options Nygren (£1.7m), Sebastian Tounekti (£5.2), Michel-Ange Balikwisha (£4.5) and Shin Yamada (£700,000).

Some excellent financial wheeling and dealing we can all agree, but, at the moment, the team appear bankrupt where it matters most to the supporters – out on the football field.

Maybe free agent Kelechi Iheanacho, with three goals already, will provide the answer when he gets up to speed. No-one can be sure when that day will arrive.

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