Former Celtic defender Mark Wilson is yet to be convinced of the ‘electric’ talents of the Scottish Premiership champions’ £3 million January signing Nicolas Kuhn.
Scoring an equaliser on only his second appearance for The Hoops – albeit a heavily deflected one away to Aberdeen – Nicolas Kuhn certainly could have endured a worse start to life in his new Glasgow home.
Then again, that remains his only meaningful contribution in the green-and-white stripes so far, the January signing from Rapid Vienna failing to build on that Pittodrie leveller against Hibernian a few days later.
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers admitted after that Hibs clash that Kuhn will need some time adapting to a new club and a new league, though Wilson already has serious reservations about the latest player to don the famous number ten shirt at Parkhead.
Slow start for Nicolas Kuhn at Celtic
“Listen, I really don’t know what Kuhn is going to be,” Wilson, a three-time Scottish Premiership champion in the mid-noughties, tells Clyde Super Scoreboard.
“We’ve been hearing reports that he’s electric and he can run by people. I’ve yet to see it. I have seen a wee glimpse at Pittodrie but, at Easter Road the other night, he looked way off it.”
Kuhn joined Celtic last month, signing from Austrian football to the tune of £3 million. The speedy, German-born forward arrives with quite the reputation in youth football – representing Ajax, Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig as a teenager – but is yet to consistently translate his potential into the senior game.
£3 million man has a lot to work on
“I just think (Kuhn needs time) adapting to our playing style,” Rodgers tells Celtic’s YouTube channel. “We’ve gone through his moments with him and the areas (he can improve).
“When you come from one team to another, the characteristics may be the same. But there are still differences that you need to manage, and sometimes you see that when you’re on the pitch.”
Adam Idah, Celtic’s other mid-season addition, has certainly made a bigger impact north of the border. The Norwich City loanee scored twice – including a stoppage time winner – during that Hibernian trip and already appears to be striking up an effective partnership with Kyogo Furuhashi in the final third.
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