The clock is ticking and Celtic have minutes slightly than hours to rescue their summer season switch window by touchdown the attacking reinforcements that they want.
Adam Idah was allowed to finish a everlasting switch to Swansea Metropolis earlier right now, leaving Shin Yamada and Johnny Kenny as the one ‘senior’ strikers within the constructing.
Sky Sports activities reporter Anthony Joseph claims that Chelsea ahead David Datro Fofana has turned down the prospect to hitch the Hoops to be able to signal for English aspect Charlton Athletic within the Championship on mortgage.
Celtic make late bid for brand new striker
The Scottish Premiership champions are nonetheless pushing to the wire to usher in a brand new ahead earlier than the deadline passes to enhance their choices up entrance.
Based on the Scottish Solar, Celtic have made a last-gasp bid to signal Sevilla centre-forward Kelechi Iheanacho to reunite him with Brendan Rodgers.
The report claims that the Nigeria worldwide has emerged as a deadline-busting switch goal for the Hoops, after they didn’t land Kasper Dolberg and Datro Fofana.
It provides that Sevilla is not going to stand in his manner if he needs to make the transfer to Scotland earlier than the deadline, but it surely stays to be seen what the £52k-per-week marksman desires to do.
What Kelechi Iheanacho may convey to Celtic
The left-footed ahead is a vastly skilled quantity 9 who may are available as a fair higher possibility than Datro Fofana within the quantity 9 place for the Scottish giants.
Datro Fofana has solely scored 5 objectives in Europe’s high 5 leagues in his taking part in profession and has not scored greater than 4 league objectives for a membership in a season because the 2022 marketing campaign for Molde, per Sofascore.
Kelechi, who was as soon as hailed as “unimaginable” by Rodgers, scored a good 43 objectives in 143 matches for the Celtic supervisor throughout their time collectively at Leicester, per Transfermarkt, which reveals that the Northern Irish boss can get the very best out of him.
Kelechi’s Premier League profession | ||
|---|---|---|
Season (appearances) | Objectives | Assists |
22/23 (28) | 5 | 5 |
21/22 (26) | 4 | 5 |
20/21 (25) | 12 | 2 |
19/20 (20) | 5 | 5 |
18/19 (30) | 1 | 3 |
17/18 (21) | 3 | 3 |
16/17 (20) | 4 | 3 |
15/16 (26) | 8 | 1 |
Stats through Transfermarkt | ||
As you may see within the desk above, Kelechi has loads of expertise within the Premier League and persistently confirmed that he may ship objectives and assists, at an honest, if not spectacular, price.
His greatest season, with 12 objectives within the 2020/21 marketing campaign, additionally got here with Rodgers within the Foxes dugout, which, once more, reveals that they’ve a relationship that might convey him success at Parkhead.
Kelechi has considerably extra expertise and extra objectives in a serious European league than Datro Fofana has and outscored (4) the Chelsea teenager (two) in all competitions within the 2024/25 marketing campaign, per Sofascore.
This means that the 28-year-old marksman, who nonetheless has a lot left to present at that age, could possibly be a shrewd addition to the squad when you think about his relationship with Rodgers and his purpose return at Premier League degree beneath the present Hoops boss.
It might not be a glamorous, big-money, signing that supporters could have wished, but when they’ll get this deadline-busting transfer over the road, Celtic may have a probably deadly striker on their arms.
