Carl Starfelt: “The most underrated player in the Ange era”

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·28 de enero de 2024

Carl Starfelt: “The most underrated player in the Ange era”

Even now, Carl Starfelt still splitting opinions among Celtic supporters…

Carl Starfelt of the Swedish national football team at a press conference, PK, Pressekonferenz on September 4, 2023 in Stockholm. Photo: Emma Wallskog / BILDBYRAN /

Carl Starfelt may have left Celtic six months ago, but he’s still splitting opinions among Celtic supporters. A recent post I posted on Twitter was testament to that and to say that Starfelt is still dividing opinions is an understatement. The replies to this tweet are well worth reading, including this observation on Carl Starfelt: “The most underrated player in the ange era”.

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Carl Starfelt. Carl was a decent player for us who was the subject of some unfair criticism by a section of our support. I think they now understand how good a player he was for us now he’s no longer here.
– viernes, 26 de enero de 2024

Carl as we know was one of those players who was a target for the hard to please section of our support. He was very much the whipping boy in the eyes of some. For what reasons is anyone’s guess. It may stem from the fact that he had a turbulent first few games for the club, although that was due to the fact he had just arrived at the club and had to adapt to a new style of football.

Carl Starfelt of Celtic embraces teammate Cameron Carter-Vickers after the team’s victory in the Scottish Cup Semi Final match between theRangers and Celtic at Hampden Park on April 30, 2023. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Or it could be that they let the media control their thinking as we know how much stick they gave Carl when he first arrived. Whatever the reason I reckon that it was unfair, big Starfelt was a decent defender who contributed greatly to our success under Ange Postecoglou’s exciting, attacking Celtic side that won five trophies from six.

Starfelt formed a solid partnership at the back with CCV and although Celtic’s Big strong Man is the much better player, Carl more than played his part in our success these past couple of years. It’s worth remembering that like CCV, Starfelt is right-footed but played throughout his time at Celtic as a left-sided central defender.

While not being the best defender we’ve ever had, he was decent and did his job, and he deserves more credit than many were prepared to give him. He seems to have impressed in La Liga at Celta Vigo, under difficult circumstances. They are now up to 16th (from 20) after being in the relegation spots earlier in the campaign.

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