Celtic ran out comfy winners but once more within the Scottish Premiership on Sunday as they secured a 4-0 win over St Johnstone of their final recreation of the yr.
The Hoops will now head into 2025 on the high of the division, 14 factors away from Rangers in second place, and are on target to seal a fourth straight title.
Brendan Rodgers‘ facet additionally face the Gers of their first recreation of the New Yr on Thursday at Ibrox, which implies that they’ve an opportunity to maneuver 17 factors away from their Glasgow rivals.
The Northern Irish head coach has loved loads of success since his return to Parkhead forward of the 2023/24 marketing campaign, successful the Premiership title, the SFA Cup, and the League Cup to this point.
His crew are additionally on target to qualify for the play-off stage of the Champions League, with one defeat in six matches so far, forward of the ultimate two video games of the league section.
Regardless of the entire crew’s success, Rodgers continues to be seeking to enhance his squad when the January switch window opens for enterprise later this week.
Celtic plotting talks with Premier League ace
In accordance with Soccer Insider, Celtic are plotting talks with Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney to safe a pre-contract deal for the Scottish defender.
The report claims that the Rodgers ‘working’ on a transfer to deliver the Scotland worldwide again to Parkhead on a free trransfer on the finish of the season, as his present contract with the Gunners is because of expire subsequent summer season.
Because of his deal working down, Celtic are in a position to negotiate a pre-contract settlement with the left-footed star when the January switch window opens for enterprise, which might then see him formally hyperlink up with Rodgers and his squad forward of the 2025/26 marketing campaign.
The outlet provides that Tierney is all in favour of returning to Glasgow for a second spell with the Hoops and can be ready to reject presents from different golf equipment in Europe to make the transfer, with Soccer Insider revealing that there are a number of different sides within the combine to land his signature.
It additionally claims that Arsenal can be open to permitting him to go away on mortgage for the second half of the season, earlier than a free switch in the summertime, and which means that the Bhoys might safe a pre-contract deal in January while additionally touchdown him on mortgage within the short-term.
Tierney might are available as a superb addition to the crew within the winter window, in the event that they signal him on mortgage initially, and as a implausible associate for one more potential signing subsequent month – Sondre Orjasaeter.
Why Celtic ought to signal Sondre Orjasaeter
Celtic are reportedly keen so as to add one other left winger to the group forward of the second half of the season and have been linked with an interest in Sarpsborg forward Sondre Orjasaeter, who might are available to offer competitors within the attacking areas for Rodgers.
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He’s a 21-year-old attacker who sometimes performs on the left flank and appears to chop inside onto his proper foot to offer high quality within the remaining third, as each a scorer and a creator of objectives for his facet.
The Norway U21 worldwide is especially spectacular at creating high-quality probabilities for his teammates when coming infield on his favoured foot, as proven by his spectacular type for Sarpsborg within the Eliteserien through the 2024 marketing campaign.
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Stats |
Orjasaeter (2024 Eliteserien) |
Maeda (23/24 Premiership) |
|---|---|---|
|
Appearances |
28 |
28 |
|
Targets |
5 |
6 |
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Huge probabilities missed |
5 |
12 |
|
Assists |
5 |
3 |
|
Huge probabilities created |
12 |
5 |
|
Dribbles accomplished per recreation |
2.4 |
1.1 |
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Stats by way of Sofascore |
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As you possibly can see within the desk above, Orjasaeter might are available as a giant improve on Daizen Maeda from a artistic perspective, as he averages extra assists, ‘large probabilities’ created, and dribbles per recreation.
Now, Celtic might revamp their left-hand facet in January by swooping to signal the Norwegian starlet and bringing in Tierney to play behind him within the left-back place.
The Scottish full-back has the attacking potential to be the right full-back for the 21-year-old winger, and so they might link-up to devastating impact within the remaining third.
Why Kieran Tierney is ideal for Sondre Orjasaeter
Orjasaeter, as defined earlier, needs to chop inside onto his proper foot from the left wing to trigger issues on the high finish of the pitch, and that makes him the right winger for an overlapping full-back.
The Norwegian maestro coming infield can drag the opposition right-back inside and create the house for Tierney to have the ability to bomb on and ship crosses on the left flank, giving the opposing a defence a large number of issues to unravel directly.
Throughout his first spell with the Hoops, the Scotland worldwide delivered 37 assists in 170 matches in all competitions for the membership, which is a mean of 1 each 3.14. Whereas Greg Taylor has assisted 30 in 196 video games for Celtic, which means that Tierney might are available to supply extra creativity from a left-back place.
Because of this the Arsenal outcast may very well be the right signing alongside Orjasaeter, if the Hoops can land each of them, to offer that overlapping risk that may mix nicely with the winger’s inclination to return inside.
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23/24 LaLiga |
Kieran Tierney |
|---|---|
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Appearances |
20 |
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Sofascore ranking |
6.94 |
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Tackles + interceptions per recreation |
2.4 |
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Assists |
2 |
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Duel success charge |
60% |
As you possibly can see within the desk above, Tierney additionally showcased his strong defensive work while on mortgage with Actual Sociedad in LaLiga through the 2023/24 marketing campaign.
The skilled ace, who was as soon as hailed as a “unique” talent by Rodgers, has the bodily qualities to win the vast majority of his duels and make a number of defensive interventions per match to take care of Celtic’s defensive energy.
Nevertheless, his first spell in Glasgow means that the defender additionally has the standard in possession to be a difference-maker within the remaining third together with his assists from left-back, which is why he may very well be a superb addition and the right signing alongside Orjasaeter subsequent month.
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