Celtic submit bid to sign “excellent” new star

Certainly one of Celtic supporters’ favorite gamers from current instances is again at Parkhead.

On Monday, it was confirmed that Jota had rejoined Celtic from Stade Rennais for a reported fee of £8m, 18 months after transferring to Saudi Professional League outfit Al-Ittihad for nearly thrice that quantity.

In much less thrilling information, Kyōgo Furuhashi moved in the other way, becoming a member of les Rouge et Noirs for £10m.

Thus, maybe due to this, Brendan Rodgers is trying to bolster his attacking choices earlier than the tip of the window, so may a brand new winger arrive in Glasgow?

Celtic looking for a brand new wide-attacker

Based on a report by Anthony Joseph of Sky Sports News, Celtic “have made a gap bid” for winger Sondre Ørjasæter.

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Joseph provides that Fiorentina, Parma and Good are additionally serious about securing his companies, whereas Eirik Nesset Hjelvik of TV2 in Norway believes Ørjasæter’s present membership Sarpsborg worth their star asset at 100 million Kroner, which converts to more-or-less £7m.

This might break Sarpsborg’s outgoing switch document, set by Henrik Meister’s €7m move to Rennes final summer season, a membership Celtic supporters have develop into fairly accustomed to over the past week or so.

How Sondre Ørjasæter compares to Celtic’s present wingers

Ørjasæter is a 21-year-old Norway U21 worldwide, who’s solely ever performed membership soccer in his house nation, becoming a member of Eliteserien outfit Sarpsborg a yr in the past, scoring six goals and providing seven assists in 2024, regardless of the actual fact they really endured an underwhelming marketing campaign, ending ninth.

Author Timothy Fellowes praises Ørjasæter’s “talent & tempo”, suggesting that “his stats & type of play are much like Kühn”, including he would seemingly have an “wonderful influence” ought to he be part of Celtic.

Meantime, data analyst and scout Matthew Rowley notes he’s “fast”, “very technical”, “inventive” and a “good ball provider”, all attributes Rodgers can be searching for in a brand new winger.

That mentioned, even with Luis Palma doubtlessly set to leave this month, Celtic nonetheless boast an array of high quality wide-forwards, particularly Kühn, Daizen Maeda, Yang Hyun-jun, James Forrest and now the returning Jota.

Kühn has 16 goals to his name this season, most notably bagging a Champions League brace towards RB Leipzig, however did take time to settle after he arrived final January, scoring simply three times in 18 outings.

So, let’s examine Ørjasæter’s stats at Sarpsborg to Kühn’s time at former membership Fast Wien.

Ørjasæter (2024) vs Kühn (22/23)
Statistics	Ørjasæter at Sarpsborg	Kühn at Fast Wien
Appearances	32	51
Minutes	2,598	3,416
Targets	6	7
Assists	7	10
Large possibilities missed	5	12
Large possibilities created	12	15
Dribble success %	54.5%	61.7%
Common Sofascore score	7.29	7.22
Statistics courtesy of Transfermarkt and SofaScore

As outlined within the desk, Ørjasæter’s 2024 is similar to Kühn’s spell in Vienna earlier than arriving at Celtic, scoring targets, registering assists and creating huge possibilities, but additionally lacking loads of huge alternatives too.

The duo’s statistics are related throughout the board, with the Norwegian truly incomes a barely larger common score per match.

So, if Ørjasæter does arrive this month, he might require a while to settle in, simply as Kühn did 12 months in the past, but when he seems to be even half the participant the German has develop into, £7m may show to be a discount.