The 26-year-old appears destined to bid farewell to Celtic Park this month.
One game of football across half a season is hardly enough to assure a player that he has a future at his current club.
As soon as Brendan Rodgers arrived at Celtic Park in the summer, Dedryck Boyata’s short-lived career north of the border appeared over. From 23 league appearances last season to one this, the two-time Belgian international has fallen to fourth choice after seemingly paying the price for an inconsistent debut campaign in Glasgow.
According to the Scottish Sun, the former Manchester City youngster could be set for a return to his homeland with Anderlecht in January with the Belgian giants desperate for defensive reinforcements.
And, on the face of it, the prospect of losing Boyata would not elicit much more than a disinterested shrug from the majority of fans but, somewhere down the line, could Celtic end up regretting his departure?
After all, Kolo Toure is not getting any younger at the age of 35 and, despite his commendable professionalism, Father Time cannot be defied forever.
Furthermore, ambitious Serie A outfit Torino are refusing to accept defeat in their pursuit of Jozo Simunovic having seen their £3 million deal for the Croatian fall through in the summer due to doubts about his fitness, The Express reports.
Therefore, two of Celtic’s first choice defenders face rather uncertain futures, meaning possessing a player like Boyata in reserve could have come in rather handy.
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