Celtic could solve their left-back issue by signing 25-year-old player Ronny Deila called ‘incredible’

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Celtic fans have been told for months by Brendan Rodgers that he aims to add quality to the squad.

With the January window well and truly closed and only two players brought in, Celtic are still short of that quality in one key position in the squad.

Well, we could call it four positions but let’s stick with the left-back position for now.

Greg Taylor‘s recent injury has just highlighted how woefully unequipped Celtic are in the left-back position but is there a player in the MLS that Rodgers could have turned to who wouldn’t have cost the earth?

Malte Amundsen could do a job for Celtic

Amundsen is a Danish left-back who currently plays for Columbus Crew in the MLS. Now before you all go crazy and say, ‘Who???’, hear me out.

Amundsen is a 25-year-old left-back who has won domestic honours in Norway and the USA. With a Norwegian Cup and Super Cup to his name, Amundsen has also won two MLS Cups and the Campeones Cup. [Transfermarkt]

Signed by Ronny Deila when the former Celtic boss was in charge of New York City, Deila described Amundsen as having an attacking fullback with an ‘incredible work rate’, good on 1v1 situations and enjoys a tackle or two. [New York City FC]

At Columbus, Amundsen tore up the MLS. In 33 appearances he scored five goals and created two assists as Columbus finished third in the table and won the MLS Eastern Conference Play-Off final 2-1 against Los Angeles FC.

Averaging a 7.55 for the season, Amundsen has been extremely consistent for the MLS side. With an 87.6% passing accuracy and 53.3% long ball accuracy, he clearly has a keen eye for a pass.

Winning 67.3% of his duels and making an average of 1.57 tackles per game, the 25-year-old also averages just under seven ball recoveries per 90 minutes. [Fotmob]

Amundsen is also out of contract in December so wouldn’t cost the earth and before anyone ridicules the MLS don’t forget where our very own Alistair Johnston hailed from.

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