“We might be in for this boy” – Podcaster tips Celtic move for Scottish international

Me personally? I can’t see it.

I can’t see Ange undoing all his goos work in building Celtic’s defence to sign a player who has the habit of being a bit of a bombscare in the back line.

Even if he was on a free.

Ryan Porteous is a player that divides opinion across many supporter bases in Scotland.

Since December 2019, Porteous has missed a total of twelve matches due to suspension. Eight of those were for red cards [Transfermarkt].

Compare that to Scott Brown who missed a total of eleven games in his entire career, that shows in itself that Porteous is getting the reputation of being a liability.

But it seems that Paul John Dykes reckons Celtic ould be interested in him after his club tweeted that he wouldn’t be signing a contract extension this season.

Speaking on A Celtic State of Mind, Dykes said, “There was a tweet that came out from Hibs official Twitter account to state that Ryan Porteous would not be signing a new contract with Hibs.

“And it got me thinking, as you do a round Celtics transfer business, and I was wondering, would Ange Postecoglou consider a move for this boy?

“What would the circumstances be for us to do so?

“I do have a couple of Hibees in and around the studio, who rave about Ryan Porteous.

“But if you watch any of the broadcasts I’ve done, I’m not the biggest fan.

“However, I get the feeling that the worlds might align, we might be in for this boy.” 

Like I said at the start, I just can’t see it. Even for free and at 23 years old, Porteous would pose too much of a risk in Celtic’s backline.

Put it this way, would you trust him to keep his cool in a Glasgow Derby?

I think that question says it all.

Who am I? How good is your Celtic player knowledge?