Former Sunderland and Rangers striker Kevin Kyle believes Celtic left-back Boli Bolingoli could well be sold by the club in the summer.

The Belgian started the season as first choice following his £3m move from Rapid Vienna, but he has now featured just once in 2020, which came in the 3-0 win over Clyde in the Scottish Cup earlier this month.

After Greg Taylor’s injury against Aberdeen, manager Neil Lennon opted to pick Jonny Hayes as his replacement on the bench, instead of Bolingoli, and Kyle believes this is a strong indication that the Hoops boss doesn’t trust the fullback:

“Boli is done, He has come in and got a bit of stick at the beginning, turned it around with a few decent performances but has been found wanting recently whenever he’s been called upon.”

“Jonny Hayes is that squad player who’s been there for, what, 35 years or something? Keeps getting an extended deal every year with an option. The manager knows that, to a point, what he’s going to get from Hayes. Whereas with Bolingoli, he hasn’t got a scooby doo whether he’s going to turn up.”

Bolingoli certainly has a lot of work to do in order to get back into Lennon’s first-team plans, but it must be noted that it wasn’t long ago that Taylor was in a very similar position.

The Scottish international had only started three league games before the end of January but he has managed to become a first-team regular in recent weeks.