Celtic might be set to capatilise on one membership’s monetary woes by touchdown one in every of their gamers for a discount worth in January, in accordance with studies.
Celtic switch information
Celtic’s Scottish Premiership marketing campaign has gotten off to an excellent begin, with Brendan Rodgers’ group profitable 14 video games and drawing one out of their first 15 matches. Regardless of their good kind, the Hoops are nonetheless reportedly methods to bolster their squad in January.
Latest studies recommend that the membership have taken the lead in the race for Chelsea midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka, edging forward of Serie A giants AC Milan within the competitors for his signature. Veteran Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen has additionally been linked with a shock transfer to Celtic Park, with Rodgers eager so as to add some European expertise to his squad.
Eriksen is out of contract at Outdated Trafford subsequent summer season, so is at present set to be out there on a Bosman on the finish of the season, when a transfer is extra probably.
The Dane’s present £150,000 weekly wage, nonetheless, would probably be an enormous stumbling block in any potential transfer to Celtic. The Scottish membership’s present highest-earner, captain Callum McGregor, earns merely 1 / 4 of that with reported wages of £37,000-per-week.
Celtic eyeing transfer for Jonjoe Kenny
One other participant reportedly on Celtic’s radar is former defender and present Hertha Berlin star Jonjoe Kenny. In accordance with Sport Bild, through SportsWitness, the Hoops are keen on bringing Kenny back to Celtic Park, the place he had a mortgage spell in 2021, after the New 12 months.
The report claims Celtic are “eager” on Kenny and are forward of also-interested Bournemouth within the proposed chase for the 27-year-old defender, who joined Hertha from Everton in 2022.
Bild additionally states that with Hertha now within the German second division, having been relegated in 2023, Kenny needs to play prime flight soccer and is eyeing a transfer away from the Olympiastadion Berlin, whereas Hertha are additionally open to promoting him due to their precarious monetary scenario. The membership has debts of around £75 million and “urgently want” funds, in accordance with Bild, so might let Kenny go for as little as £2 million.
Kenny’s mortgage spell at Celtic three years in the past was troublesome. The Englishman struggled for kind, most notably scoring an own-goal within the Outdated Agency derby in opposition to Rangers, making simply 15 appearances earlier than being shipped again to Everton.
Opening up on his time within the Scottish capital, Kenny advised EvertonTV, through The Celtic Manner, that off-the-field problems contributed to his poor displays.
“Celtic was a troublesome interval for me, off the pitch, particularly,” he defined. “However having shut household and mates and my agent and good mentors round me, and selecting that path and having these individuals who can actually assist me progress, modified loads of issues for me mentally.
“I’ve had loads of ups and downs however it’s about staying at it and doing what I would like and specializing in me.”
