SARACCHI IS CELTS' SECRET SAUCE

Uruguayan star is back in the fold for Bielsa and he can play a key role under Rodgers after Hoops' window crash

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MARCELO SARACCHI has earned the trust of his Uruguay boss Marcelo Bielsa.

And Saracchi’s positioning under club manager Brendan Rodgers may now play a key role in a huge period for Celtic.

As the club's support got lost in the fog of clamour for wingers and strikers in the last week of the painful transfer window, the 27-year-old’s arrival on a season-long loan from Boca Juniors was somewhat clouded.

However, Saracchi has rapidly made his worth clear to such an extent Bielsa put him straight back into the national team for wins over Dominican Republic and Uzbekistan - and lobbed him the armband for game one.

Naturally, he'll return to Glasgow with confidence sky high having said: "Playing for the national team is a beautiful thing and being captain is a huge honour. It's something beautiful that will remain in the memory of my career as well, something I was able to accomplish."

Now, where it seemed backup to Kieran Tierney was going to be Saracchi's regular role in Glasgow, his initial Celtic displays are making that into more of a debate among some fans.

Through a tricky opening period to the campaign where things haven't clicked in the forward areas, the defensive unit has mainly held up their side of the bargain so far.

Given it has been something of a struggle to find free-flowing football and carve hatfuls of chances against opposition at home and in Europe, tightness in the reaguard has been an important feature in keeping Rodgers’ team on track.