The return of Brendan Rodgers to Celtic heightened expectations of strong player recruitment, with the belief that the manager would be heavily backed in the transfer market by the Bhoys hierarchy. However, the departures of Jota and Carl Starfelt were keenly felt and the club were always playing catch-up on their replacements – none of whom have cemented themselves in the manager’s starting eleven. Raking in close to £30m last summer in transfer fees alone, around £18m was spent in the other direction – so a lot of money was available to recruitment staff to strengthen. There’s likely to be a…