PROFIT & LOSS

I hope Celtic's £17m sale of hot and cold Kuhn doesn't cost Brendan Euro fortune

- CHRIS SUTTON

That looks like an outstanding piece of financial business again by Celtic.

Hands up, I didn't think they would get such an impressive fee for the winger.

I wasn't convinced any club would be willing to fork out as much but Como clearly believe he's worth that amount, which is all that matters.

But I'd prefer to reserve my full judgment on this matter until after the Champions League qualifier.

Perhaps Kuhn's head was turned, perhaps Celtic think the ready-made replacement is there already in Benjamin Nygren.

Whatever the reasoning, I'd say the German leaving at this precise moment represents a risk and it's now down to Celtic to disprove that notion.

If Kuhn's exit doesn't damage the route back to the league phase of the elite tournament, fine. Then I'll start dishing out the plaudits.

On figures alone, Celtic will have done terrifically well to get a profit of around £14m on a guy who was there for less than 18 months and performed at a consistently high level for a third of that.

Maybe that will be seen as harsh but that's how I judge it. Kuhn deserved his time to settle in during the first six months.

Returning at the beginning of last season, he was dynamite.

With a strong preseason under his belt, he was fabulous at domestic and European level, continuing that until scoring against Bayern Munich in his homeland in February.