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Brendan Rodgers has made no secret of the fact he feels the Celtic squad is bloated and far too large for his needs. In comments made last week, the Bhoys boss suggested that he wants to reduce the numbers at Lennoxtown to 25 core first-team members, supported by young players coming through the club’s academy teams. Currently, there are over 32 included in Celtic’s official squad list. It stands to reason that there will be significant pruning over the next two transfer windows. That all starts in less than a month with the January period a critical time for the club to offload talents – eith…