Kilmarnock striker Djenairo Daniels has claimed that Celtic are “not in a good place right now”…
The Killie forward says Stuart Kettlewell’s men will aim to capitalise on Brendan Rodgers’ side’s precarious situation when they face off at Rugby Park on Sunday.
Since joining from Cork City in the summer, Daniels has netted four times in nine appearances and is among 13 new additions to the Killie squad.
Kettlewell’s men have booked their spot in the League Cup quarter-finals, setting up a home clash with St Mirren as they chase a semi-final berth and the chance to play at Hampden for the first time in three years.
Stuart Kettlewell on August 10, 2024 (Photo by Steve Welsh/Getty Images)
However, the Kilmarnock manager is still searching for his first league win since replacing Derek McInnes in the summer, having opened with four consecutive draws against Livingston, Hibernian, Dundee and Motherwell.
Now, speaking to Sky Sports ahead of Sunday’s 3:00pm afternoon kick off with the Scottish champions, Daniels said: “Kilmarnock is a good team. From here, I can only skyrocket, I have said this all before.”
“Kilmarnock was the right choice for me to make to improve myself. It’s not only Celtic and Rangers. They are obviously big teams, but we are also a big team and we can show them what we’re about. That’s what we’re going to do on Sunday.”
“Obviously, Celtic is a big club, with big history. We’re kind of like the underdogs, but we’ll take that. We’re doing good. We have a good team and we have a good team spirit. I think that’s what it’s all about. Celtic are not really in a good place right now at the moment, and we will take advantage of that.”
🗣️ “Celtic is not really in a good place at the moment and we’ll take advantage of that…”
Djenairo Daniels on settling in at Kilmarnock and hopes of a win on Sunday, live on Sky Sports 📺 pic.twitter.com/lBf3lsLfFp
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) September 11, 2025
Despite Celtic sitting top of the Premiership table, the Hoops are in a bit of a mess – off the pitch at least – with fan dissatisfaction at the current boardroom reaching boiling point following the abysmal summer transfer window.
After a fan consultation on Wednesday night between all signatories of the Open Letter, Celtic supporters will coordinate a ‘late entry’ protest to exemplify their anger at the senior executives at the club.
Brendan Rodgers will speak to the media at around 1.30pm this afternoon at Lennoxtown for his pre-match media conference. It should be interesting.
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