The news that broke on CBS Golazo this week was, by any definition, a bombshell. Seeing Kasper Schmeichel, flanked by his father Peter and Micah Richards, admit that he has likely played his last game of professional football was a sobering moment for the Celtic fans.
With two surgeries scheduled to repair a torn bicep, rotator cuff, labrum, and a dislocated shoulder, Schmeichel faces a grueling 12-month rehab. But as the tributes poured in from the CBS studio, many of the Celtic faithful were left with a sour taste.
The Celtic elephant in the Studio
While the broadcast focused on the emotion and Kasper’s shattered World Cup dreams with Denmark, they completely bottled the questions that actually matter to the people paying his wages.
As Chris Sutton pointed out in a blistering critique this morning, Celtic appeared to be a complete afterthought in the discussion.
Why was Kasper taking injections to play for Denmark when he clearly wasn’t fit for the Hoops? Why did he airbrush Celtic from a 10-minute segment while our title race hangs in the balance?
The Viljami Sinisalo Celtic era begins
Schmeichel’s Celtic form has been shocking for a while now, and it was only a matter of time before he was permanently dropped regardless of his injury.
The reality is that Martin O’Neill has already moved on. While CBS played the nostalgia card, Viljami Sinisalo has quietly established himself as the undisputed No. 1.
Since stepping in for the Stuttgart tie, the Finn hasn’t looked back, proving that the Schmeichel era at Parkhead may have been over long before the cameras started rolling on Tuesday night.
Kasper Schmeichel has been a great servant to football, but Celtic is not a retirement home or a training camp for the Danish national team.
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