Liverpool ace close to £8m deal: Celtic must make eleventh hour move to form Rodgers reunion

Wed 19 July 2017 17:58, UK

COMMENT By Will Butcher

Brendan Rodgers should form another reunion at Celtic by raiding former side Liverpool with a late move to sign midfielder Kevin Stewart.

Stewart, 23, is surplus to requirements at Anfield after making just nine first-team appearances under manager Jurgen Klopp last season, and he needs a move to reignite his career.

Times correspondent Paul Joyce revealed on his personal Twitter account that the holding midfielder was in fact on his way to sign for Championship side Hull City.

It is said that a deal to sign the former Tottenham star would cost up to £8million, despite his lack of Premier League experience with the Merseyside giants.

Kevin Stewart left Liverpool squad to sign for Hull City. Deal could be up to £8m.
— paul joyce (@_pauljoyce) July 19, 2017

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Football Insider considers just how Stewart would be crucial in seeing Celtic remain the team to beat, as they look to continue their dominance with another domestic treble.

Here are three reasons why, with Stewart looking to get his career back on track and using a mirror of one of Celtic’s current heroes to do just that: