Anthony Joseph says Oliver Sørensen was recommended to Celtic by an agent as the club sought to fill a midfield gap late in the summer window.

The Sky Sports journalist has questioned the thinking behind the Dane’s arrival, linking it to Celtic’s failure to secure other midfield targets.

Sørensen joined from Parma on a season-long loan with an option to buy. He has since been given opportunities by Martin O’Neill, including starts in the Europa League, without making a particularly convincing impression.

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Joseph believes the circumstances of the signing help explain the questions surrounding his role.

“Sorensen was a bizarre signing, recommended by an agent to sort of fill in a gap in midfield because they knew that they weren’t going to get Mamic, well, weren’t going to splash out on him and were in negotiations for Gineitis.

“Sørensen was meant to be a more attacking midfielder but every time I watch him I honestly don’t know what he does!

“I don’t want to be disrespectful to him but I don’t know what he brings to a football team. Every time he’s on the pitch I can’t see what type of player he is. I can’t work it out and he’s played plenty of games already.”

Sørensen does bring running power to midfield. O’Neill has trusted him in difficult European fixtures, including the defeat away to Benfica, when Celtic needed more mobility around Callum McGregor.

Beyond that, it has been difficult to identify a quality that makes him an obvious starter.

There is still time for him to improve, but Celtic need more than another available body in an area that required proper strengthening.

Celtic were pursuing Gvidas Gineitis while the Sørensen deal was being completed. That move failed to materialise, leaving the loan signing carrying greater expectations.

An agent recommending a player is hardly unusual for Celtic these days, but it does show a strategy that isnlt necessarily set up to be successful.

The option to buy gives the club a decision at the end of the season. On what Sørensen has shown so far, he has considerable work to do before making a permanent deal look worthwhile.