Dedryck Boyata and Filip Benkovic will be hoping to help Celtic secure another Scottish Premiership title this season.
Chris Sutton has stated that he and the Celtic fans are ‘worried’ that they are going to lose centre-back duo Dedryck Boyata and Filip Benkovic in the summer.
The former Premier League winner stated that the club have got ‘a lot of work to do’ in regards to replacing the duo.
The Daily Record previously reported that Belgium international Boyata, whose contract runs out in six months time, is expected to leave the club on a free transfer.
As for his centre-back partner, Benkovic, as reported by Sky Sports, the Croatian is facing weeks out on the sidelines, but his loan deal from Premier League side Leicester City expires at the end of the season.
During the recently concluded January transfer window, Brendan Rodgers and his team didn’t add any central defensive players, which worried Sutton going into the summer and the following campaign.
“What worries me is that they are going to lose both centre-halves or it looks that way,” Sutton told BT Sport.
“Boyata is not going to stay. Benkovic albeit he is out. Celtic have got a lot of work to do in the summer and I can understand why fans are worried.”
Both defensive players have been key players for Rodgers in his quest to help the Bhoys win an eighth Scottish Premiership title in a row.
Over the course of the season, Boyata has played 13 league games for his side, scoring one goal and helping his team secure nine clean sheets in the process, according to transfermarkt.
On the other hand, Leicester City loanee, Benkovic has represented the Glasgow club on 16 occasions, finding the back of the net on two occasions and keeping 10 clean sheets along the way, according to transfermarkt.
At this moment in time, Celtic are sitting six points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership table, with Old Firm rivals Rangers sitting in second place.
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