Martin O’Neill used the player sparingly during his first interim spell and clearly he does not fancy him at this stage. The Celtic bench this evening was light on attacking options and it did not appear that Balikwisha was suffering from any injury.
Hopefully there isn’t much to this other than speculation. The winger will be hoping to work his way into the starting XI or find a move elsewhere.
The 24-year-old arrived in the summer from Royal Antwerp after a drawn out transfer pursuit by Celtic.
The Scottish Champions signed the player for £4.5m with some suggesting that the deal was excessive for the Congo International.Brendan Rodgers gave the player his debut at Ibrox in a dreadful 0-0 draw and it was a quiet afternoon. Since then, he has made just twelve further appearances, assisting on two occasions.
Despite returning from AFCON duty last week, Balikwisha was not included in the Matchday squad for Celtic’s games against Dundee United and Falkirk. As Celtic face the challenge at the Falkirk Stadium, fans noticed that the player had changed his Instagram feed to delete any mention of Celtic, including changing his profile picture.