Celtic’s £17m attacking dilemma laid bare with Duran and Høgh roles | OneFootball

Michael Stewart believes Camilo Duran looked like he had something “playing on his mind” during Celtic’s damaging 3-0 defeat to Rangers at Ibrox.

The Colombian has made an impressive start to life at Parkhead following his £6million move from Qarabag, registering six goals and three assists across his opening 10 appearances.

Duran had recently flourished through the middle while Kasper Hogh was sidelined, contributing three goals and two assists in victories over Falkirk, Aberdeen and St Mirren.

However, Hogh’s return saw Duran shifted back into a wide position for Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup quarter-final, and Stewart believes the tactical change may have affected him.

Speaking on the Premier Sports Scottish Football Social Club, he said: “Kasper Hogh has now had a number of games where he has looked off it, and in big games (too).

“Then you’ve got Duran. Initially when he was playing off that right hand side, he looked lively, energised and really good. But to me on Sunday, it looked like the fact he was not playing through the middle was playing on his mind a little bit.

“From Celtic’s perspective, that dynamic is now not as certain as it looked a few weeks ago. They are trying to find out how you get all of that together.

“(Haissem) Hassan looks like a guy you are going to start but now it’s a case of ’what side are you playing Hassan on? Where is Duran going to play and is Kasper Hogh going to be the guy to lead the line?”

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