Former Celtic striker Andy Walker has supplied his recommendation to Brendan Rodgers, urging the Irishman to stick with Paulo Bernardo
Bernardo’s loan spell has had its highs and lows, with his purpose against Rangers at Celtic Park in December being the biggest high, however in the latest weeks, the Portuguese midfielder’s performances have dropped significantly.
Whether he can once more silence critics remains to be seen, but after his mind-blowing performances earlier than the iciness break, he has shown glimpses of a player who may want to make contributions significantly.
Walker said [The Go Radio Football Show], “I would persevere with Bernardo. I idea around that Christmas/New Year time when he acquired the big raise scoring in opposition to Rangers.
“He had a purpose at St Mirren, he had an aim at Dundee. I suppose he’s appeared the part. Callum McGregor is your captain. He’s your leader.
“And he may additionally have dropped off but I think he can continually come correct again. O’Riley can come excellent again. And you need to, I think, persevere with Palma, persevere with Maeda andKyogo through the middle.
“But I do understand Celtic have added in this big, tall, physical striker and they seem to be enjoying him, it’s simply one of a kind to watch.”
Walker also backs Luis Palma, who in latest weeks has pissed off supporters with his lack of stop product and, at times, has sincerely emerged as too predictable in his wing play, looking to cut inside at almost every opportunity.
Both players, regardless of Walker’s words of praise, won’t begin today, with Daizen Maeda and Tomoki Iwata as substitutes being favored in opposition to Motherwell at Fir Park.
With the stress now on Celtic after falling five points at the back of Rangers yesterday, today’s sport is, without doubt, crucial in constructing momentum, with 12 league video games ultimate for the Hoops.
The former Ibrox captain was once refusing to get carried away with the Light Blues transferring to the pinnacle spot.
Concerned Barry Ferguson has advised Philippe Clement and the Rangers stars to preserve their feet on the floor with title hype accomplishing a fever pitch.
Mohamed Diomande’s sizzling strike and a James Tavernier penalty double sealed the three factors in opposition to St Johnstone and moved the Light Blues pinnacle of the Scottish Premiership following Celtic’s stumble towards Kilmarnock on domestic turf. It sparked wild scenes of celebration in the away end in Perth with Rangers supporters now believing that Clement can lead them to the title this term.
But with difficult fixtures towards Hearts and Kilmarnock just around the corner, cautious former skipper Ferguson has warned the modern stars’ interior they want to remain grounded or hazard slipping up in the run-in. He advised the Belgian boss to preserve his mantra of shutting out the noise and only concentrating on the subsequent game. Ferguson informed the Go Radio Football Show: “You don’t prefer to get carried away and get a slap in the face.
“Enjoy it. Enjoy it on the way again however, you need to get the blinkers on. Hearts will come and Steven Naismith will fancy his chances coming to Ibrox. They want to maintain their feet on the ground.
“I stated last week both Rangers and Celtic would win all their games up to April 7. How wrong used to be I? Celtic dropped a couple of points, but then Rangers have a problematic place to go – Kilmarnock.
“That is going to be a hard one for Rangers however they seem like they are in an exclusive area just now. The most necessary element is they do not get carried away. They have obtained there however the hard work is still to be done.”
Celtic has approached to sign a “highly talented” £15 million player; they have received a response.
The Scottish Prevalence side is hoping to support their going-after positions in January
Celtic have made a way to deal with get some information about an arrangement to bring one of their drawn-out focuses to the Scottish Prevalence, as indicated by a new report that has arisen.
Bands looking at Kvistgaarden
In front of January, Brendan Rodgers will survey his choices in the market to check whether there are any players he could reinforce his crew with. One as of late distinguished is Brondby forward Mathias Kvistgaarden if cases are to be accepted.
The Bhoys are supposedly setting up a better proposal for the striker having seen their initial offer turned down over the late spring, however should an arrangement for him neglect to work out as expected out of the blue, the ordered progression seems to have elective focus forward targets.
Sturm Graz’s Szymon Wlodarczyk just put pen to paper at his club during the past window from Gornik Zabrze where he’s up to this point showed up to date (Transfermarkt – Wlodarczyk measurements), yet he was on the board’s radar sometime before his latest move.
Back in January, Imprint Hendry originally guaranteed that Poland’s childhood global was important to the green and white stripes, however, a switch hasn’t yet occurred, subsequently, why he moved somewhere else, it seems like the 20-year-old will not be making the outing to Glasgow at any point shortly regardless of new endeavors.
Celtic submit an enquiry for Wlodarczyk
As per Football Scotland, Celtic have gotten some information about marking Wlodarczyk again one month from now, yet in the wake of gaining his sticker price in a reaction from Sturm Graz, have concluded that they couldn’t stand to finish an arrangement in January.
“Football Scotland can likewise uncover Celtic connected with Sturm Graz with an end goal to return to another previous exchange target, Szymon Wlodarczyk, however were informed his valuation has soar to around £15m which would monetarily be out of their arrive at in January.”
Wlodarczyk is a “profoundly gifted” striker
Since joining Sturm Graz, Wlodarczyk has piled up 11 commitments (nine objectives and two helps) from 28 appearances, showing how productive he can be in the last third, and he’s ready to represent a consistent danger to the resistance’s protection in the going after region of the pitch.
Supported by Adidas, Walbrzych’s local has recorded 32 shots throughout the ongoing effort which is more than some other of his kindred colleagues, featuring what a champion entertainer he is before the net contrasted with his friends (FBRef – Sturm Graz measurements).
Remaining at 6 foot 2, Rodgers’ objective is likewise ready to give a genuinely actual presence up top with his level, with his capacity to win ethereal duels making him a genuine small bunch for any backline to manage, close by how perilous he can accompany the ball at his feet.
Portrayed by football scout Jacek Kulig, Wlodarczyk is a “exceptionally gifted” player with a very brilliant future in front of him, however, with Celtic not set to sprinkle the money to get their drawn out focus before long, it could end up being a blow considering the positive effect that he might have had the option to make.
Celtic Sets Sights on Caoimhin Kelleher in Exciting New Deal Amidst Latest Developments
Celtic has set its sights on securing Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher in the upcoming summer transfer window, according to insider information shared with Football Insider
In the latest episode of Football Insider’s Inside Track Podcast, transfer correspondent Pete O’Rourke disclosed that a January deal for the Republic of Ireland international would be too costly for Celtic. With the contract of their current top goalkeeper, Joe Hart, expiring at the end of the season, Celtic is expected to prioritize securing a new shot-stopper.
Liverpool is reportedly seeking a fee of approximately £20 million to release Kelleher this month. Insider sources indicate that the 25-year-old goalkeeper is ready to leave the Premier League giants in the summer to pursue regular first-team opportunities.
This development has created an opportunity for Celtic to make a move for Kelleher, who holds a prominent spot on Brendan Rodgers’ list of goalkeeper targets. Highly regarded at Anfield, Kelleher has made 11 appearances for Jurgen Klopp’s side this season, showcasing his skills in various competitions.
Despite joining Liverpool’s academy in 2015, Kelleher has not surpassed eight senior appearances in a season before the current campaign. Eager to secure a first-choice role elsewhere, the goalkeeper is poised for a potential move.
As Celtic maintains its position at the top of the league, eight points ahead of second-place Rangers, the club is gearing up for its upcoming Scottish Cup match against Buckie Thistle on Sunday, January 21.
CELTIC AND RANGERS KEEN ON £5.5M ACE BUT BOURNEMOUTH ARE IN ADVANCED TALKS
Bournemouth are currently in cutting-edge converses with bring the alleged new Moises Caicedo to the Chief Association all things considered.
That’s what HITC Football comprehends, after reports connecting Oscar Zambrano with Manchester Joined together and a large group of other first class clubs, it is Andoni Iraola’s upwardly-versatile Bournemouth side who are moving into shaft position.
The Cherries are presently in cutting edge chats with the exceptionally appraised 19-year-old, one of the most astonishing youthful midfielders in South American football.
Zambrano, who right now carries out his specialty for LDU Quito, has additionally been examined by Wolves and Brighton while grabbing the attention of Old Firm opponents Officers and Celtic.
Bournemoith lead Oscar Zambrano’s race
Zambrano could cost around £5.5 million. Luton had an offered of around £3 million dismissed as of late – as affirmed by LDU’s donning chief – and it is not yet clear the amount Bournemouth will ultimately stump up for a through a similar player foundation as comrade Caicedo.
Luton Town could pass up a major opportunity
Luton manager Loot Edwards, in the mean time, seemed to affirm back in October that The Hatters had sent scouts to South America to watch Zambrano in real life.
We have gone out there. To see him, however to examine number of games and do a tad of investigating work there too,” Edwards told Luton Today.
“It’s significant we continue pushing ahead and continue to advance, as enlistment is something tremendous. It’s significant we keep our finger on the beat with that one and we’re taking a gander at where the best youthful players are.”
HITC has been informed that Man Joined together and Tottenham have watched Zambrano as well, however are yet to take their advantage any further.
Celtic announce their first contract for January.
Quite a while back the midfielder joined Celtic close by Reo Hatate and Daizen Maeda yet a dreadful injury on his presentation away to Alloa Athletic in the Scottish Cup really grounded his Celtic profession before it had begun. Matt O’Riley made his presentation in the following apparatus, away to Hearts.
Celtic have gotten a 1m euros expense for the midfielder, the very charge that they paid to Gamba Osaka a long time back. With conversion scale variances there might be a little benefit or misfortune.
Ideguchi showed up in his ‘debut’ season and spent the 2023 J-Association season borrowed at Avispa Fukuoka where he was short-recorded for the Player of the Year Grant.
Celtic are currently ‘considering’ a bid for a Rangers-linked player, with Everton, Middlesbrough, and others.
The January transfer market is already open, and Celtic and Rangers supporters are eager to see what business their clubs will conduct at this early stage.
Celtic are reportedly ‘seeking to make a bid’ for Hearts striker Lawrence Shankland, who has 18 goals this season and has been frequently linked with a move to Ibrox. Rodgers is thought to be a fan of the 28-year-old, and the club is now ‘considering’ a January bid.
They include Sean Dyche’s Everton and Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace, as well as other Premier League clubs Burnley and Sheffield United. Southampton, Middlesbrough, and Hull City are rumored to be interested from the English second division.
Several reports in recent weeks have suggested that the Ibrox club is still interested in Shankland, though a summer deal is believed to be more likely at this point – providing he is still available.
Scott McKenna has been given the ‘green light’ for a move to Celtic, and Nicolas Kuhn has been promised huge things are on the way.
Nottingham Forest are open to any and all offers for Scott McKenna, who has apparently been handed permission to depart this month
Brendan Rodgers is on the lookout for defensive reinforcements for the second half of the season. Nat Phillips has quietly returned to Liverpool following an underwhelming loan spell, while sources suggest that Gustaf Lagerbielke is on his way out.
The Hoops are said to have made preliminary inquiries about his availability, and the latest from down south indicates that Forest’s response is likely to have been good.
Forest are ready to part ways, according to Football Insider’s Pete O’Rourke, and are open to offers with McKenna’s contract scheduled to end in six months.
The Hoops are also thought to be interested in strengthening at left-back, with Tiago Araujo a long-term target, while it was reported on Wednesday that Liverpoolhad rejected bids from both the Hoops and Rangers for Owen Beck. Beck was an important player for Dundee in the opening half of the season, but he now returns south to cover for Andy Robertson at Anfield.
Celtic target transfer talk heats up.
Andriy Lunin has one more club keen on his marking with Celtic said to be in the blend for his exchange
Genuine Betis have joined a rundown of European sides inspired by Genuine Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin. Betis’ flow number one Claudio Bravo, is supposed to resign toward the finish of the momentum season, and Lunin’s involvement with La Liga imply that he is areas of strength for a to supplant Bravo next season.
Lunin has just begun two games in La Liga this season, in spite of Courtois’ physical issue. This absence of game time has left the goalkeeper disappointed and has further fuelled hypothesis about his likely takeoff from Madrid soon, with Celtic supposed to think about a bid.
The Everyday Record initially connected Celtic to a move for Lunin last month, with the Ukrainian worldwide being essential for a gathering of goalkeepers viable for the job of Celtic’s main next season, with Joe Hart’s agreement terminating the following summer.
Joe Hart answered inquiries over a report on a potential agreement expansion in a question and answer session on Friday.
Hart said [Celtic FC]: ” Nothing that I’m mindful of. I’ve expressed it previously, I’m avoiding that business. That is for individuals over my head to discuss.
“I’m simply so centered around attempting to give my all for this group, partake in each second, partake in each moment and attempt to give myself to help admirably well.”
At 36 years of age, Hart has a lot of involvement as a footballer yet the previous Britain worldwide’s exhibitions have plunged this season. Hart’s new shipping off against Livingston and his presentation in the Heroes Association against Feyenoord have left space for analysis.
This has persuaded some to think that he could leave Celtic toward the finish of the time, notwithstanding Hart having settled the goalkeeper position in the wake of joining in 2021. His appearance came in light of Vasilis Barkas’ dreary exhibitions in the past season, which added to Celtic completing second in the Scottish Prevalence.
Lunin’s battle for minutes during his five years at Madrid raises questions about a likely marking. The last time he made in excess of seven association appearances was in 2020 while borrowed at Genuine Oviedo in the second division in Spain. Considering that he hasn’t played as a first-group starter for quite a long time, there are worries about whether he is an able trade for Hart.
‘He couldn’t believe it when Joe Hart told him about Celtic,’ says Barry Ferguson.
Barry Ferguson has shared that Joe Hart ‘couldn’t accept’ the size of Celtic when he originally joined the club from Tottenham Hotspur
During Joe Hart’s vocation, he has played for a portion of Britain’s ideal and contended right at the highest point of the Chief Association table.
In any case, as per Barry Ferguson, it was the may and force of Celtic that shocked him when he previously moved to the club from Spikes in 2021, as he told Go Radio.
It should be noticed that Joe Hart was in decline for a couple of years and many were addressing what he had left in his tank.
In any case, Celtic rejuvenated him, including the 75-cap Britain Global winning the High pitch under Ange Postecoglou last season.
Joe Hart at Celtic
“I said it, I played with Joe at Birmingham for a full season, and afterward when he was connected and Postecoglou at last marked him,” said Ferguson
‘To be honest,’ the £3.25 million player expresses his views about signing a new Celtic contract.
Celtic have worked really hard in the mid year by expanding various players contracts at the club
After Ange Postecoglou left in the late spring, vulnerability might have consumed the crew yet the board, and Brendan Rodgers, moved rapidly to guarantee that was stemmed by joining something like eight players to new arrangements.
TBR Celtic shared Hart’s contemplations on his new arrangement yesterday and today it’s the turn of David Turnbull.
A £3.25m 2020 marking from Motherwell, Turnbull’s agreement lapses toward the finish of the time and the Celtic midfielder has been talking about that today.
Turnbull said [Football Scotland], “Frankly, I simply leave [my future] to the club and the others that are associated with it. I simply attempt and do my chatting on the pitch and attempt to zero in on my own game.
“I’m not excessively centered around that right now. You can overthink things throughout everyday life, in football too particularly, so it’s just about zeroing in on each game at a time.
Celtic have a choice to make on David Turnbull
I have composed widely on this since the 24-year-old went into the most recent a year of his ongoing arrangement.
The Scotland global has been dazzling this season with his objective return yet questions actually stay about whether or not Brendan Rodgers confides in him.
At only 24, he has a lot of time in front of him to fashion a lifelong in football, yet might he at any point do it at Celtic? Particularly with how much contest that is in front of him.
Turnbull is noting his faultfinders with his objectives, yet there are the individuals who accept he needs to accomplish more than that.
The clock is ticking as Turnbull is allowed to address groups in January. Hopefully his circumstance is figured out in the near future.
‘He couldn’t believe it when Joe Hart told him about Celtic,’ says Barry Ferguson.
Barry Ferguson has shared that Joe Hart ‘couldn’t accept’ the size of Celtic when he originally joined the club from Tottenham Hotspur
During Joe Hart’s vocation, he has played for a portion of Britain’s ideal and contended right at the highest point of the Chief Association table.
In any case, as per Barry Ferguson, it was the may and force of Celtic that shocked him when he previously moved to the club from Spikes in 2021, as he told Go Radio.
It should be noticed that Joe Hart was in decline for a couple of years and many were addressing what he had left in his tank.
In any case, Celtic rejuvenated him, including the 75-cap Britain Global winning the High pitch under Ange Postecoglou last season.
Joe Hart at Celtic
“I said it, I played with Joe at Birmingham for a full season, and afterward when he was connected and Postecoglou at last marked him,” said Ferguson
‘To be honest,’ the £3.25 million player expresses his views about signing a new Celtic contract.
Celtic have worked really hard in the mid year by expanding various players contracts at the club
After Ange Postecoglou left in the late spring, vulnerability might have consumed the crew yet the board, and Brendan Rodgers, moved rapidly to guarantee that was stemmed by joining something like eight players to new arrangements.
TBR Celtic shared Hart’s contemplations on his new arrangement yesterday and today it’s the turn of David Turnbull.
A £3.25m 2020 marking from Motherwell, Turnbull’s agreement lapses toward the finish of the time and the Celtic midfielder has been talking about that today.
Turnbull said [Football Scotland], “Frankly, I simply leave [my future] to the club and the others that are associated with it. I simply attempt and do my chatting on the pitch and attempt to zero in on my own game.
“I’m not excessively centered around that right now. You can overthink things throughout everyday life, in football too particularly, so it’s just about zeroing in on each game at a time.
Celtic have a choice to make on David Turnbull
I have composed widely on this since the 24-year-old went into the most recent a year of his ongoing arrangement.
The Scotland global has been dazzling this season with his objective return yet questions actually stay about whether or not Brendan Rodgers confides in him.
At only 24, he has a lot of time in front of him to fashion a lifelong in football, yet might he at any point do it at Celtic? Particularly with how much contest that is in front of him.
Turnbull is noting his faultfinders with his objectives, yet there are the individuals who accept he needs to accomplish more than that.
The clock is ticking as Turnbull is allowed to address groups in January. Hopefully his circumstance is figured out in the near future.
The clash between Atletico Madrid and Celtic has been labeled “high risk” due to the precedent set by Feyenoord.
The Metropolitano Arena will be supported by countless security staff
Celtic’s Bosses Association conflict with Atletico Madrid in Spain on Tuesday night has been classed as a ‘high gamble’ game, as per a report.
In excess of 3,300 Celtic fans will make the outing to Madrid for the experience, who as per Mundo Deportivo, will be ‘firmly observed’ as a feature of a high sending of safety staff at the Metropolitano Arena. This is because of the difficulty that heightened during and after Atletico’s home Bosses Association coordinate with Feyenoord on October 4, with the previously mentioned report expressing that there ‘were a few captures after the Dutch (fans) stirred up some dust in one of the celebrity Zones of the Metropolitano.’
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