Celtic could finally replace Kyogo with move for “sensational” £11m star

It’s set to be a busy summer season for Celtic.

Per week on Saturday, the Hoops may safe a sixth home treble in 9 seasons, however it’s their European exploits that can have happy Brendan Rodgers probably the most, reaching the Champions League knockout levels for the primary time in 12 years, narrowly crushed by Bayern Munich.

The Scottish Premiership champions will enter subsequent season’s Champions League within the play-off spherical, set for a really robust two-legged tie, provided that Bodø/Glimt, Crvena zvezda, København, Dinamo Zagreb or Ferencváros are at present forecast to be their potential opponents.

Thus, with two large video games to return on 19/20 and 26/27 August, Rodgers will need Celtic’s summer season switch enterprise to be accomplished shortly and effectively, so, how may the Hoops go about changing Kyōgo Furuhashi in a bid to do exactly that?

The legacy Kyogo left at Celtic

When Kyogo joined Celtic from Vissel Kōbe for a reported charge of £4.5m in the summertime of 2021, changing into one of many first signings of the Ange Postecoglou-era, few may have forecast he would turn into a membership icon.

The Japanese ahead scored 85 objectives in 165 appearances for the Celts, successful eight main honours, that means he ranks proper up there in the case of modern-day nice strikers that the membership have loved, because the desk under highlights.

Based on Graeme Macpherson of the Scotsman, Kyōgo is Celtic’s finest striker since Henrik Larsson, an assertion the desk above helps, whereas Charlotte Cohen of BBC Sport provides that the Japanese worldwide will at all times be a ‘followers’ favorite’ who thrived within the large event.

Nevertheless, provided that the 30-year-old joined Ligue 1 facet Stade Rennais for £10m in January, Celtic are out there for a substitute, so have they recognized a striker who has the potential to turn into even higher?

Celtic’s hunt for a brand new striker

As has been broadly reported since January, together with claims from Denmark earlier this month, Celtic are pushing to signal Brøndby striker Mathias Kvistgaarden.

Nevertheless, the Premiership champions will not be the one membership , with Bundesliga facet Eintracht Frankfurt having ‘intensified its pursuit’ of the 23-year-old, who’s valued at €13m (round £11m).

Soccer Insider even reported again in February that Celtic are working arduous to finalise this deal, claiming that the Danish U21 worldwide is Rodgers’ ‘number-one possibility’ to switch the departed Kyōgo.

So, why is Kvistgaarden in such high-demand? Effectively, let’s assess his statistics to assist reply this query.

Effectively, Kvistgaarden is at present the second-highest goalscorer on this season’s Danish Superligaen with 16, bagging 22 throughout all competitions, whereas he ranks prime for goals-per-90 minutes in addition to first in the case of pictures on target-per-90.

Scout António Mango describes him as “completely sensational”, Chris Beaumont of Complete Soccer Evaluation labels him a ‘fast and agile striker’, whereas Jacek Kulig of Soccer Expertise Scout asserted that he’s ‘solely getting higher’.

So, may he really be higher than Kyōgo? Let’s examine the duo to attempt to discover out.

Because the desk outlines, Kyōgo’s statistics are usually extra spectacular than Kvistgaarden’s, however this shouldn’t be too stunning, provided that the Japanese ahead arrived in Glasgow at 26-years-old, whereas the Dane celebrated his twenty third birthday simply final month, having solely, considerably not too long ago, established himself in Brøndby’s first-team.

What is evident is that Kvistgaarden is a top-quality participant, not simply now however set to be sooner or later too, scoring objectives at a excessive degree; in accordance with International Soccer Rankings, the Superligaen is the thirteenth strongest league on this planet, with the Scottish Premiership down in forty third.

Thus, if Celtic are capable of get their fingers on Kvistgaarden, they need to completely accomplish that, even when it means breaking their switch document, which at present stands at £11m.