Celtic flop moans about Brendan Rodgers for poor management | OneFootball

Former Celtic midfielder has gone public with criticism of Brendan Rodgers, which has come as a surprise. Benyu was signed in 2017 by Rodgers as a project signing with his only appearances coming in the National League. The move for the English born Zimbabwean was a bizarre one but even more surprising is the fact that the player blames Rodgers for his poor career trajectory.

Benyu was brought into the club with the promise of being one to watch for the future but potentially being in and around the first team. His debut came against Linfield in the Champions League qualifier, which Celtic won 4-0. As reported by Sun Sport, Benyu moaned about Rodgers, appearing to blame him for taking him to Celtic.

“When he (Rodgers) called me, I was happy because he is a big manager, who had managed (Philippe) Coutinho, (Raheem) Sterling and others.

“As an 18-year-old teenager, I couldn’t resist that.

“At first, I was involved in playing games but all of a sudden I was banished from the first team.

“I was made to train with the reserves and (was) kicked out of the changing room as well.

“It was a horrible experience but I will say that it helped me to grow.

“For all these years, I have been asking myself the question why he did that to me.

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – OCTOBER 30: Dedryck Boyata of Celtic and Kundai Benyu of Celtic speak during the Celtic Training Session prior to the Group B UEFA Champions League match between Celtic and Bayern Muenchen on October 30, 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

“I was not given a season and I remember several times I went to his (Rodgers’) office asking why I was being treated as if I was not liked in the building.

“I was ignored all the time I made those efforts, so in the end I accepted (it) and moved on.

“Until now, I always think about it, asking myself what I really did wrong, and I can’t think of anything because this is the same team that lured me there at first.”

The reality was that Benju wasn’t good enough for Celtic. After being handed a surprise first start in a youthful side to play Lee McCulloch’s Killie at Rugby Park. Celtic won the game but

Benyu was never going to get in the team ahead of Stuart Armstrong, Callum McGregor, Scott Brown, Tom Rogic, Nir Bitton and the recently signed Olivier Ntcham. The ex-Ipswich kid’s career trajectory shows that he wasn’t good enough to be at Celtic. The player was loaned out to Aldershot and Oldham in an attempt to get game time and also had some time over in Sweden working with Henrik Larsson. He was subsequently released by Celtic.