Celtic fans on Twitter have been responding to the latest news surrounding Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts.
This comes after @scotsunsport shared a post on their page revealing news from their live blog (12.51 pm) that Middlesbrough have now cooled their interest in signing the winger after the former Celtic loan star spent the last half of the 2019/20 season on a temporary deal at the Championship club.
The page then asked their followers if they would take the Englishman back at Celtic or not.
This post then gathered a lot of responses from Celtic fans who were not shy in sharing their views on a potential return for Roberts.
Here’s a sample of Celtic fans responding to the post:
Middlesbrough cool interest in ex-Celtic favourite Patrick Roberts.. leaving his future up in the air.
Would you take him back at Parkhead, Hoops fans?https://t.co/7bSvLXWJ4y pic.twitter.com/7wqHiz0mMk
— Scottish Sun Sport (@scotsunsport) September 15, 2020
that ship has been sailed, no.
— Joe? (@JoeHarwood1888) September 15, 2020
Roberts first joined Celtic on loan back in February 2016 from City until May 2017. A month later, he signed another loan deal with the Hoops that saw him continue at the club until August 2018.
Not for me I think he was of only offered a few deals to come back and it think he knocked them back for probly more money down south ??
— lennywetrust (@ryanmc3711) September 15, 2020
Overall, the 23-year-old made 78 appearances for the Hoops in which he managed to score 18 goals and provide 26 assists along the way (per Transfermarkt).
— J (@Ayeyehinkso) September 15, 2020
Love him but does he want the move and will he even stay fit https://t.co/msJhahKQdg
— Daniel Logan (@DanielL03680036) September 15, 2020
Now that this question has been put to these Celtic fans, this gave them the opportunity to share their thoughts on the matter.
However, there were some Celtic fans responding to the post who were interested in seeing the winger make a return to the Hoops.
Def. Opened up defences better than anyone except Eddie.
— Mick Glasgow (@mick67x) September 15, 2020
Definitely give competition to Forrest https://t.co/mNRHNj1Yyx
— Paul Elvin (@Elvinos71) September 15, 2020
Would you like to see Patrick Roberts return to Celtic?
Yes
No
It appears that a majority of these Celtic fans don’t think the club should make a move to bring Roberts back to the club.
If Middlesbrough won’t take him back and if he isn’t guaranteed any regular game time at the Manchester club, the winger may then have to look for another club to move to, either on another loan deal or permanently.