Given the recriminations and protests that have followed Celtic’s botched recruitment over the summer, it’s easy to forget there was actually a lot of positivity among fans heading into the transfer window.
Going as far back as January, it became one of the worst-kept secrets in football that Kieran Tierney would be leaving Arsenal and heading home to Parkhead.
The return of the prodigal son was met with an outpouring of joy among the Celtic support. Beyond the obvious sense of romance and sentiment, it was to be a statement of intent and a marquee signing.