The clock is ticking every moment, and the Celts have minutes, not hours, to save the summer transfer window by landing the necessary attack reinforcements.
Adam Ida was allowed to complete his permanent transfer to Swansea early today, leaving Shinyamada and Johnny Kenny as the only “senior” strikers in the building.
Sky Sports Reporter Anthony Joseph claims that Chelsea forward David Datro Faufana has turned down the opportunity to join the hoops to sign the English side of Charlton Athletic in the loan championship.
Celt bids late for new strikers
The Scottish Premiership champion is still pushing against the wire to bring new advances before the deadline passes and improves options ahead of time.
According to the Scottish Sun, Celtic has signed Seville Centre Forward Forward Kelechyi Hearnacho to make his final bid to reunite with Brendan Rogers.
The report alleges that Nigeria International has emerged as a transfer target that destroys the hoop deadline after it failed to land in Caspadlberg and Datrophofaufana.
He adds that if you want to move to Scotland before the deadline, Sevilla is out of the way, but he hasn’t seen what the £52,000-a-week marksman wants to do.
What Kerechi Ihenacho can bring to Celtic
The front of the left foot is nine of nine extremely experienced men who can enter as an even better option than the Scottish giant’s ninth-placed Datro Fofana.
Datro Fofana has only scored five goals in his playing career in Europe’s top five league leagues, and has not scored more than four club league goals in the season since the 2022 Maulde Campaign per Sofa score.
Once praised as “incredible” by Rodgers, Keleci scored a worthy 43 goals in a worthy 143 matches for Celtic Managers at Leicester, along with him in conjunction with the transfer mark.
Kelechi’s Premier League career | ||
|---|---|---|
Seasons (exterior) | the goal | assist |
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 |
Statistics through the Transfer Market | ||
As you can see in the table above, Kelechi has a lot of experience in the Premier League and has consistently shown that he can provide goals and support at a decent, if not spectacular, rate.
His best season, scoring 12 goals in the 2020/21 campaign, also came with Rodgers in the Fox dugout.
Keleci has significantly more experience and goals than Datro Fofana in major European leagues. Overtakes Chelsea youngsters (2) in all competitions by sofa score, 2024/25 campaign.
This suggests that the 28-year-old marksman, who still has something to give at that age, could be a wise addition to his team, given his relationship with Rogers and goal returns at the Premier League level under his current Hoops boss.
It may not be the attractive, big money signature that the supporters might have hoped for, but if they can get a move to stop this deadline on the line, Celtic will have a potentially deadly striker in his hand.