OPINION
Celtic would reach the knockout stages of the Champions League next season if they brought Besiktas winger Ryan Babel to Parkhead this summer.
Babel, 30, has been in sublime form for Deportivo La Coruna and Besiktas this season, joining the Turkish giants in January and scoring a total of 17 goals throughout the season for both sides.
Brendan Rodgers is likely to be active in the transfer window this summer as he looks to build a side capable of achieving a second successive treble as well as going one better against Europe’s elite.
The former Liverpool winger was largely inconsistent when playing for the Reds, but a wiser, more mature Babel would shine in Glasgow if Rodgers looked to sign the 42-time Holland international.
This Is Futbol outlines three reasons why the former Ajax star would be the perfect signing for Celtic in order to push them towards European football after Christmas as well as maintaining Hoops fans’ 10 in a row dreams as one deal faces intense competition: