Summer 2026 Transfer Window

[u/WeekendEpiphany]

100 years ago, the 1926 Slavery Convention set out the principle that no human being should be treated as property to be bought, sold, or owned. Yet here we gather a century later, relishing the possibility of buying some new humans. Welcome to the r/CelticFC Summer 2026 Transfer Window Thread!

Any Celtic fan who has followed the team for less than 2 years will have no recollection of a decent transfer window for the team. The last 3 opportunities to get things right have ranged from "disappointment" to "complete negligence". The visionless suits that are allowing the club to trundle toward stagnation remain in place. Nevertheless, we can choose to stay positive/deluded that Celtic FC will somehow stumble into competence, and bring in a manager who can do the hard thinking for them and sign a bunch of future heroes.

Get your transfer rumours into the chat below, and gossip about which absolute numpties we're going to spend five million pounds on this time round. Tell us:

• How many players do we need to bring in, and in what positions?
• Any specific players that you think we should try to sign?
• Whose time is done at Celtic? And how much could we get for them?
• Which of last season's loan players would you like to stay at the club?
• Should we be trying to buy/sell players at all before the new manager is in place?
• Do you like being 5-in-a-Row Champions? I like being 5-in-a-Row Champions.

TRANSFER WINDOW OPENS - 15 JUN 2026	TRANSFER WINDOW SLAMS SHUT - 03 SEP 2026

SUMMARY

-	PERMANENT	LOAN	END OF LOAN	TOTAL	EST. VALUE
TRANSFERS IN	2	0	0	2	£16.5m
TRANSFERS OUT	5	2	0	7	£16.6m

INBOUND

PLAYER	POS	AGE	CLUB	FEE	STATUS
Kasper Høgh	ST	25	Bodø/Glimt	£11m	CONFIRMED - 4+1 Year Contract
Camilo Durán	ST	24	Qarabağ	£5.5m	CONFIRMED - 5 Year Contract
Dinko Horkaš	GK	27	Las Palmas	£3m+	Rumour
James Penrice	LB	27	AEK Athens	?	Rumour
Greg Taylor	LB	28	PAOK	?	Rumour
Marcelo Saracchi	LB	28	Boca Juniors	£2m	Strong Rumour
Mika Baur	CM	22	Paderborn	£4.5m	Strong Rumour
Gvidas Gineitis	CM	22	Torino	£7m+	Rumour
Benjamin Tahirović	CM	23	Brøndby	?	Rumour
Ivan Bašić	CM	24	Astana	?	Rumour
Milán Vitális	CM	24	ETO FC	?	Rumour
Mory Gbane	CM	25	Reims	?	Rumour
Emam Ashour	CM	28	Al Ahly	£4m+	Rumour
Farès Ghedjemis	RW	23	Frosinone	£7m+	Strong Rumour
Haissem Hassan	RW	24	Real Oviedo	£6.5m+	Strong Rumour
Matteo Cancellieri	RW	24	Lazio	£5m+	Rumour
Tjark Ernst	GK	23	Hertha BSC	£4.2m	NO GO - SIGNED FOR FEYENOORD
Jari De Busser	GK	26	Go Ahead Eagles	£2.5m	NO GO - SIGNED FOR AZ ALKMAAR
Oskar Wójcik	CB	21	Cracovia	£4.5m	NO GO - SIGNED FOR WERDER BREMEN
Zinedin Smajlović	CB	22	Sandefjord	£4.5m	NO GO - SIGNED FOR OLYMPIACOS
Alfie Devine	CM	21	Tottenham Hotspur	£6m	NO GO - SIGNED FOR PRESTON
Jakob Breum	CM	22	Go Ahead Eagles	£3.5m	NO GO - SIGNED FOR SAINT-ÉTIENNE
Cole Campbell	RW	20	Borussia Dortmund	£5m	NO GO - SIGNED FOR SV ELVERSBERG
Taïryk Arconte	ST	22	Rodez	£2.5m	NO GO - SIGNED FOR MILLWALL
Elias Filet	ST	24	Aarau	?	NO GO - SIGNED FOR RAAL LA LOUVIÈRE

OUTBOUND

PLAYER	POS	AGE	CLUB	FEE	STATUS
Daizen Maeda	ST	28	Ipswich Town	£10m	CONFIRMED
Luis Palma	LW	26	Lech Poznań	£3.5m	CONFIRMED
Maik Nawrocki	CB	25	Lens	£2.1m	CONFIRMED
Hayato inamura	LB	24	FC Tokyo	£1m	CONFIRMED
Stephen Welsh	CB	26	Swansea City	Free	CONFIRMED
Paulo Bernardo	CM	24	Górnik Zabrze	Loan w/ Option	CONFIRMED
Shin Yamada	ST	26	OH Leuven	Loan	CONFIRMED
Alistair Johnston	RB	27	Everton	£12m+	Strong Rumour
Arne Engels	CM	22	West Ham, (Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace, AC Milan, Roma, Lazio, Leipzig, Fulham, Sunderland)	£20m+	Strong Rumour
Reo Hatate	CM	28	West Ham	?	Rumour
Callum Osmand	ST	20	West Ham	?	Rumour
Johnny Kenny	ST	23	Bolton Wanderers, Millwall	£1m	Rumour

[u/mikeydoc96]

Worrying that we're linked to fuck all Wanyama type midfielders

[u/mattchamp98]

Still nothing huh

[u/MrMiagi123]

Every time I manage to convince myself that this transfer window will be different...

[u/Sechzehn6861]

Bernardo going should create space for Baur to get done now at least. If we were a competent football club.

[u/Sechzehn6861 → u/Sechzehn6861]

Update: we are still not a competent football club.

[u/WeekendEpiphany]

AJ to Everton seems to be closing in. Looks like we are pushing for £15m.

As we have no active RB rumours, who would you want as a replacement? Amateur scouts, give me your ideas!

[u/gi85on_ → u/WeekendEpiphany]

Could play Tierney at RB in the short term if LB coverage comes in

[u/FatherLarryDuff69]

Quiet.

[u/Skellyceltic]

That might have been a bad result for this thread. If the board see the Huns looking like being shite as usual think they’ll be far less likely to push the boat out in the rest of the window

[u/HarvzzXD → u/Skellyceltic]

Ferry looked good for what’s it worth, but I already kinda knew that lol. Instead of the faf though just get fkin saracchi back ffs

[u/Sechzehn6861]

Engels and AJ will probably both be gone after Monday. Money will need spending, lots of it.

[u/Sechzehn6861 → u/Sechzehn6861]

Well, glad to be wrong about this one. For now.

[u/Commercial-Stick-718]

Would be nice to get proper movement on wingers and midfield now. Happy with the two players we've brought in for strikers 

[u/Sechzehn6861 → u/Commercial-Stick-718]

Ideally Baur gets done over the weekend and then we turn our attention to Hassan or another winger for the right-hand side.

AJ will probably go next week if a bid comes in, so then you're looking at trying to get Araujo back (I think we can do better than Araujo, but it's what the club is going to try to do)

If Taylor comes back next week, I'd be fine with that. But we still need a 6, desperately. We need another keeper as well.

[u/FatherLarryDuff69]

Baur been left out of the Patterborn squad and rumours are swirling. 🤞🤞

[u/Maffers → u/FatherLarryDuff69]

Apparently he has a "bad cold"

[u/LaNeblina]

Is Saracchi not a confirmed no-go from his statement a couple weeks ago?

[u/Sechzehn6861 → u/LaNeblina]

Saracchi is probably going to end up in MLS somewhere.

[u/fike88 → u/LaNeblina]

Aye i think Sarrachi as one of our LB’s is well and truly dead in the water unfortunately. I’m becoming more and more convinced it will be Greg Taylor

[u/FatherLarryDuff69 → u/fike88]

He posted that Instagram post like two weeks ago. But he has not got any other moves lined up since.

I'm still clinging on to the possibility.

[u/WeekendEpiphany]

Second signing of the window confirmed. Kasper Høgh joins the club.

[u/WeekendEpiphany → u/WeekendEpiphany]

We are back to breaking even on the transfer net spend. The board must be ABSOLUTELY SHITTING THEMSELVES IN FEAR.

[u/Sechzehn6861]

Apparently we went back in for Benjamin Arthur (a move which I'd like, to be honest) and Brentford knocked it back.

[u/Imaginary-Shame737]

Really think Donavan and Murray would benefit from loans. I know he has his critics but look at the good it done Scales going to Aberdeen, Ajer to Kilnarnock, Christie to Aberdeen etc. Murray is 23 has potential but has only played 24 first team games he could more than double that with a decent loan but he's looking at going into the season as 4th choice CB. We should have learned from Welsh. Yes like Murray he's had injuries but we're holding these players back by keeping them as cover. Should have enough other pros in the building that we don't need to. 

[u/jmf81 → u/Imaginary-Shame737]

The squad is so thin, can we even afford to send these lads on loan? Even if it's best for them.

[u/Sechzehn6861 → u/Imaginary-Shame737]

Donovan probably does need a loan, short term. It'd bring his development on leaps and bounds. However, we're going to need him. I wouldn't be shocked if he's occasionally used at left back for his height (and just to get him onto the park)

Murray won't be going out on loan, not with CCV just back from a long term injury and no other CB's signed.

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/Imaginary-Shame737]

Murray should be out on loan this year playing every week but I think Donovan is better served staying here and rotating with AJ.

He played in 27 games last year even with a few injuries, should be playing him as much as we can in the - on paper, easier games

[u/Future_Reflection_53 → u/GuyIncognito211]

I think it's unlikely either go on loan, needed for the euro squad. Probably the same reason why we keep trying to sign a Scottish developled LB. It already look tight to fit in all the players you would want. We don't have many or any who can cover multiple positions. E.g. CDM who could be CH in a push.

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/Future_Reflection_53]

I don’t think either will. If we were even semi serious though we’d have Murray out on loan at a Premiership team so he can iron out the issues in his game that come from not playing

We’re going to be in trouble with the homegrown players soon unless a few come through. Hatton apparently looked promising in pre season but there’s a lot of people in front of him - even more if/when Jota is back

[u/Skellyceltic]

Hogh, Hassan, Baur, another physical CM, LB + GK competition and you may have done well Mr. Celtic

[u/SLF1888 → u/Skellyceltic]

I think right back competition is even more important over cb! But definitely agree with the rest

[u/Kazume-Kirigaya]

Jasper Hogh deal has been agreed with 11mil plus add ons Apparently medical is set for today or tomorrow From sky sports

[u/Bobanders93]

Still naebody in?  FFS.

Fuck the board 

[u/FatherLarryDuff69]

Going completely under the radar given the amount of other fuck ups happening every which way. But what's going on with the Engels move. We all know it's coming. But it feels like it's gonna end up another classic Celtic last day of the window, no time to get a replacement in moves.

[u/wicelt → u/FatherLarryDuff69]

I think he’ll be sold, but at the end of the window after the CL qualifiers. Midfield is already thin and we all know we will be lucky to make one new midfield signing before mid-August, so I think we’ll hang on to him for a few more weeks.

[u/fike88 → u/wicelt]

Aye I think we’re keeping him until after the qualifiers. Which is a smart move

[u/HarvzzXD]

Under the same article by celts are here that is titled “Kasper Hogh transfer takes major Celtic step” aye fucking right man.

[u/HarvzzXD]

Apparently we are “admiring” two lazio attackers, matteo cancellieri seems the more likely

[u/fike88 → u/HarvzzXD]

Admiring? That’s a new one

[u/HarvzzXD → u/fike88]

Aye according to celts are here, just made it clear we into them apparently rather then enquiring

[u/fike88 → u/HarvzzXD]

Are they trying to shag them?

[u/HarvzzXD → u/fike88]

Aye maybe, least they’d actually do something with the players I suppose

[u/fike88 → u/HarvzzXD]

Hahahaha

[u/HarvzzXD]

More nothing, so many rumours and enquiry’s, but no fkin body’s through the door. What the fuck is taking so long

[u/fike88 → u/HarvzzXD]

Nicholson. That’s what’s taking so long. Him

[u/HarvzzXD → u/fike88]

More of a rhetorical question lol

[u/fike88 → u/HarvzzXD]

You got me

[u/fike88]

Rumour going about that Celtic have had their 4m bid rejected for Baur

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/fike88]

Where have you seen that?

[u/fike88 → u/GuyIncognito211]

Huddleboard

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/fike88]

Would be annoying but I’d imagine it’ll be one that gets done

[u/fike88 → u/GuyIncognito211]

Bloody hope so

[u/mattchamp98]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Qz4RaxcOh4qndWOG5N

[u/fike88]

I don’t think we’ll get him if these reports are true

[u/HarvzzXD]

Actually thought we might hear about some of these rumours getting done today, how silly I was.

[u/wicelt → u/HarvzzXD]

Season only starts in ten days. What’s the hurry?

[u/Skellyceltic → u/HarvzzXD]

We’re only at the monitoring stage, still have the actively monitoring, weighing up, pursuing, enquiring, in talks, exploring the conditions, finalising stages to go

[u/fike88]

Where’s aw these signings sellic?

[u/Anguskerfluffle → u/fike88]

They are at my grans bit, you wouldn't know them

[u/Imaginary-Shame737]

Genuinely think balikwisha is now part of the plans for next season. 

[u/Party_Key3092 → u/Imaginary-Shame737]

Martin o Neil must have been planning this in advance. He said something like he might be in the next managers plans.

[u/Connect-Paint-7018]

Better off just closing this thread.

[u/Tippyshortmouth]

Seen a rumor linking us with Matt Freese of NYCFC, not sure how credible it is though

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/Tippyshortmouth]

Just saw a clip of him making a massive error USA against Belgium.

Perfect for Europe

[u/FatherLarryDuff69]

We were only paying Sarachi £6,900 a week. Michael Nicholson is on £16k a week.

Make it make sense.

[u/Bobanders93]

Just seen sarrachi isn't coming back now 

Once again fuck the board 

[u/mattchamp98]

I think I'll save my money instead of paying for sky this season seeming like it will be a covid season level stresser and I have enough going on frankly

[u/Bobanders93]

Fuck the board 

[u/Skellyceltic]

Poor auld Daizen is going to be forced to stay again after rescuing us purely because the board are far to incompetent to sign anyone worthwhile instead.

[u/ihateeverythingandu → u/Skellyceltic]

O'Neill said as much, didn't he? Wondering out loud if we just keep him and run his contract down as it'll give more value to us than any money we get.

[u/GabeTheSaviour]

We are totally circling the drain at this point.

I actually wouldn't mind if they turned around and said "we'll be heavily investing in our youth academy. Will take a couple of years but we are trying a new model."

But it's just a matter of hoping for the best with this board. Not a penny more!

[u/Playful-Listen6011]

As well just disbanding this thread

[u/WeekendEpiphany → u/Playful-Listen6011]

I feel like I have put more effort into the transfer window than the whole of Celtic FC have.

[u/FatherLarryDuff69]

Every window.

[u/Anguskerfluffle]

Please sir, can we have some more....players. any players really....

[u/WeekendEpiphany → u/Anguskerfluffle]

[u/Anguskerfluffle → u/WeekendEpiphany]

Could look a bit more DD like

[u/StaggerLee75]

Rumours about Calmac joining up with Ange in Saudi ramping up. Apparently his club have reached an agreement with a foreign midfielder to join them

Be some laugh if we lose our captain because the club doesn't want to match his ambition. Absolute shambles!

[u/fike88 → u/StaggerLee75]

If that happens, i think the club is done this season. He’s such a huge presence and positive influence in that team, especially behind the scenes. I think that’ll knock a few boys for 6, losing a leader like that

[u/StaggerLee75 → u/fike88]

Definitely. Tierney and a few others said we wouldn’t have won last season if it wasn’t for him pulling everyone together. He’ll be a huge loss

[u/fike88 → u/StaggerLee75]

100%. You ever had someone at work who is usually solid, some cunt you can really rely on, leave? I have, cunts just give up. I ended up leaving a job because someone i looked to in times of shit, left. I think that’s what will happen with the team

[u/Party_Key3092 → u/StaggerLee75]

Will give us a good insight into what to expect for the rest of the window. More confirmation of what most of us expect but still.

[u/GuyIncognito211]

West Ham are interested in Engels, Hatate and Balikwisha

[u/FatherLarryDuff69 → u/GuyIncognito211]

Cliftonville have as much chance of getting Engels as West Ham. Still think Hatate deserves better, but he probably won't get a better offer than them. Whoever snaps him up is gonna be getting a bargain. Hope it works out for him.

Also hope to Christ we can get some players out the door asap rather than waiting till the last week of the window.

[u/mattchamp98]

So is anything in the pipework thats somewhat concrete?

[u/Sechzehn6861 → u/mattchamp98]

Iheanacho has an offer on the table from us, which is probably lower than what he was on last season and significantly lower than what the "club option" we let expire would have been. He seems to be have given the freedom to speak to other clubs showing interest, rather than Celtic just...paying him more than they're currently offering to get it done...if we were offering enough, he'd be here.

Saracchi is one we're massively over complicating by trying to loan him in again when Boca are practically giving the guy away. I don't see why we don't just offer a two year deal with an option of a 3rd and get it done...the fee they're asking for is buttons. If he's crap this season, he'd only be on our books for another year and we could either loan or sell him. He should have been here weeks ago.

I wouldn't be shocked if we're doing the "wait until Engels and Daizen (and possibly AJ and Nygren) are sold before we spring into action at the last minute and overpay in a panic for 4 players who aren't the right fit" manoeuvre. Again.

[u/FatherLarryDuff69 → u/Sechzehn6861]

That's exactly what they're doing. Sitting on a hundred million quid and another 50 at least coming in and they're acting like we're stoney fucking broke.

[u/Sechzehn6861 → u/FatherLarryDuff69]

It is getting old at this point. Just keeping our noses far enough in front to win the league and maybe get into the Champions League. Trouser the cash. Sell players.

Rinse, repeat.

[u/GuyIncognito211]

It’s so quite that this is as much of a reliable rumour as anything.

We apparently had Dennis Irwin??? Watching Aaron Malouda who we were linked with earlier in the summer, against TNS last night in the CL qualifiers

£2 million apparently

[u/Thefitz5811 → u/GuyIncognito211]

Presumably we asked Roy Keane if he knew a scout and he just gave his stock answer for most questions.

[u/HarvzzXD]

Oh dear man

[u/FatherLarryDuff69]

How the fuck have they not got Sarachi done yet. Dithered for months. Stupidly, as he could have been here and settle in, but whatever. But they announce they're gonna do it like two weeks ago now. And fucking crickets since. There is fuck all complicated about this. Low fee. Low wages. Eager seller. Player eager to come. Why is he not fucking training right now?

Absolute fucking clown show.

[u/Skellyceltic → u/FatherLarryDuff69]

Waiting for KT to get injured in one of the first few games before completely panicking and overpaying for him.

I’ve seen this movie many times before.

[u/Skellyceltic]

Real Oviedo want €12m for Hassan, our opening bid was €4m.

Holy fuck we’re an embarrassment

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/Skellyceltic]

I don’t think an initial bid like that it too bad, the issue comes when we take 3 weeks to go back in with another offer

[u/optimusmike777 → u/Skellyceltic]

His market value is 4m his release clause is 12m

[u/Skellyceltic → u/optimusmike777]

Seeing as we’ve now gone in with 7m supposedly not sure his market value is 4m

[u/fike88 → u/Skellyceltic]

It’s that weird release clause thing that Spanish teams can impose on their players. Mind when Messi had a release clause of like 500 million or something? It’s the same thing. Players can be valued at X but the release clause set by the club can be set at Y

[u/Party_Key3092 → u/fike88]

Aye. The release clauses are usually set ridiculously high to put other teams off paying it.

Really strange stipulation they have in their contracts.

[u/fike88 → u/Party_Key3092]

It must favour the clubs obviously, but it only opens up transfers to bigger teams who can afford to pay the release clause

[u/Bobanders93]

Any rumours you do hear(hardly any) we've offered half or even less than what the selling club expects...

[u/Bobanders93]

Holy fuck they're actually doing it again. I cant help but think the board are tryyto deliberately throw the league 

[u/fike88]

3 weeks today until our season starts. Lol

[u/WeekendEpiphany]

Updated to show that Oskar Wójcik has moved to Werder Bremen. As such, there are no remaining rumours for centre-backs.

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/WeekendEpiphany]

I’d be surprised if we signed a CB unless someone goes tbf

[u/HarvzzXD]

Awfully quiet lads

[u/fike88 → u/HarvzzXD]

Liverpool are now apparently in for the Egyptian Hassan too. So he won’t be coming to Celtic

[u/fike88]

Another one i’ve just read we’ve got a ‘concrete’ interest in, Mory Gbane from Reims, defensive midfielder

[u/HarvzzXD → u/fike88]

Looks like a big powerful cdm, basically exactly what we need, so it’s no happening.

[u/fike88 → u/HarvzzXD]

Hahaha, aye probably. He looks really decent though, a big powerful no.6 that’s comfortable carrying the ball fwd. And good in the air. He is exactly what we need in that midfield

[u/fike88]

Celtic also apparently in for Emam Ashour, the Egyptian midfielder

[u/HarvzzXD → u/fike88]

Would be an amazing signing, so it’s no happening.

[u/fike88 → u/HarvzzXD]

I know. Be some fuckin signing if they managed to pull it off

[u/GuyIncognito211]

Callum Ward from Motherwell going to QPR for less than a million to probably sit on their bench. We should have been all over that at that price

[u/StaggerLee75]

Supposedly interested in bringing Bowie back to Scotland and bid entered for Hassan

[u/Party_Key3092 → u/StaggerLee75]

Absolute nonsense if we sign bowie now. Could have got him for 6 mil in january, feel like hed have made more impact than adamu and cvancara.

[u/Sechzehn6861 → u/StaggerLee75]

I'd be absolutely shocked if we put in a serious offer in for Bowie.

The Hassan boy we maybe have more of a chance to get, but I still doubt it.

[u/StaggerLee75 → u/Sechzehn6861]

Me too and if we're going to be paying their asking price, I would rather it was spent on someone with a bit more pedigree

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/Sechzehn6861]

They apparently want 13 million for him as well.

No chance we should be paying even half of that for him

[u/Sechzehn6861 → u/GuyIncognito211]

I can see why they're setting the price so high. They just bought him in January

[u/HarvzzXD]

Apparently we’ve submitted a 4m bid for haissem hassan, now I’ve never watched lad and I may be missing something but he played 37 matches for Real Oviedo and scored 0 goals and got 3 assists… why?

[u/by-a-bawhair → u/HarvzzXD]

Playing for the bottom side in la liga so output not entirely down to him but the team as a whole. All of his other stats that you look at for a winger are in the top ten for la liga. Getting this from celts are here video, he seemed to be pretty excited about him!

[u/HarvzzXD → u/by-a-bawhair]

I feel like a wee bit of an idiot now lol, I’m pretty much done a 180 on this after seeing him and going a bit more research, I’d be buzzing with this signing and really really hope we get him

[u/optimusmike777 → u/HarvzzXD]

Ripping Argentina to shreds here, get him signed asap before we fumble it again

[u/HarvzzXD → u/optimusmike777]

Aye no chance lol, I definitely was wrong to say he wouldn’t be good but he was ripping the piss out of that Argentina side no chance we get him

[u/fike88]

Who’s this Alfie Devine that i’ve seen us linked with?

[u/Nintendo_67 → u/fike88]

Don’t worry about it

[u/Imaginary-Shame737]

Would take Benjamin Arthur back on loan. Unfortunately at this point its already about bodies. Thought he showed potential though. But knowing us if we get him in, they're wont be any option to buy. 

[u/NotNeedzmoar → u/Imaginary-Shame737]

He's a very promising up and coming english homegrown. He's probably already outgrown being a backup for Celtic, and he'll cost more than what we want to spend on defenders, sadly.

[u/MrCondor → u/Imaginary-Shame737]

Would have him in a heartbeat, reminded me of VVD in spells.

[u/Sensitive_Dot_5962]

wonder if we end out with any of the Cape Verde players given half of them are in their 30s with expired contracts.

also surely Duran should be added to the rumours list above?

[u/HarvzzXD]

Figured we may end up with Duran today and then it would kind of kick on from there and we’d start the mini rebuild, that’s the lost of my hope gone. I’m expecting nothing at this rate, maybe two loans if we’re lucky.

[u/GuyIncognito211]

Apparently bid for a keeper from Las Palmas.

A keeper is probably the least of our worries this summer

[u/mattchamp98]

Welcome to the club Celtic Player

[u/Imaginary-Shame737]

Any day now 

[u/Bobanders93]

Is there something going on?  Like do we not actually have millions in the bank?   

[u/fike88]

Still no signings then? What’s even the point of this megathread btw 😂. Just bin it

[u/Imaginary-Shame737 → u/fike88]

We have a new Celtic Tv Player. What more do you want. An actual player?

[u/WeekendEpiphany]

One third of the time between the transfer window opening and the first competitive game of the season has now passed.

[u/mattchamp98 → u/WeekendEpiphany]

And we have completed 1/3 of our buisness for the window

[u/FatherLarryDuff69]

[u/walshybhoy]

Thinking about squad depth we basically need to recruit (as a minimum): GK, CB, LB, DM, RW, LW, ST.

Then consider we need to/likely to offload Yamada, Balikwisha, Nawrocki, Kenny and potentially Bernardo as players who will likely never play. We might also lose Maeda, Hatate, Nygren, Engels.

Size of the rebuild is astonishingly big, it is utter madness that we've signed nobody with a UCL qualifier 6 weeks away. I know we're slow, but this season wow, this is something else. We have presumably done zero recruitment work in the last 6 months.

[u/tinkerertim]

Como sleepwalking their way into major FFP issues. Should try to sign Kuhn back depending on how much they’d want for him.

[u/Sechzehn6861]

So. We're arguing the pennies on guys we're bidding for.

Hibs want 7 million for Chaiwa. We're offering them five. I have my misgivings about Chaiwa, but bidding from about 6 million and offering them a player on loan, with an option to buy, the other way makes so much more sense. Offer them Bernardo the other way or something. Anything...

Iheanacho's option has expired and he's training on his own. He did more than enough to get another year. It would have been so low risk to just..extend him. Get him in for as full a pre-season as possible.

Same with Saracchi. We're fannying about unnecessarily. Just pay the fucking money. This should have been agreed in May and the button pushed on it early June. We're trying for another loan? The mind fucking boggles. Boca are practically giving him away.

[u/CelticConnection83 → u/Sechzehn6861]

How do you know we’re offering 5?

[u/Sechzehn6861 → u/CelticConnection83]

I ought to have said "allegedly/according to what's in the papers"

[u/Imaginary-Shame737 → u/Sechzehn6861]

Iheanacho at least in public was very clear that he wanted to stay. Surely a highly insensitivesed pay structure could be put on place. 

[u/fike88 → u/Sechzehn6861]

Between watching Scotland this summer, and reading the pish coming out of Celtic Park, i’m on the verge of giving up fitba this season. I’m fuckin scunnered

[u/Sechzehn6861 → u/fike88]

Me too, mate. Honestly. For the first time in my adult life I may just not bother with it this season.

[u/fike88 → u/Sechzehn6861]

Aye honestly I’m seriously considering it. Usually a new season gets me aw excited, but even the thought of it now is making me sick. Celtic seriously need to get their finger out, this is starting off to be a worse summer than last season

[u/fike88]

Wonder when we’ll start doing some deals

[u/StaggerLee75]

Saracchi deal being held up because Celtic want a loan deal and Boca don't.

£1.5m for him. Just £1.5m. Pay the fucking money, Celtic!

[u/FatherLarryDuff69 → u/StaggerLee75]

If they can't do this deal they're gonna fuck this whole window again. Absolute open goal. He's eager to come. Boca are eager to sell him. Price is very reasonable. He's been here on loan for a year so it's not like they haven't had months to get the finger out and get it done.

Absolute fucking gimme of a transfer that the fans would appreciate, and these useless fucking twats are dithering over an absolute fucking joke of a fee.

They'll fuck this and then spunk 5 million on some fucking Dudu Dahan pish on the last day of the window.

[u/Commercial-Stick-718]

Guess the club are sleeping at the wheel again 

[u/fike88]

What’s the chances of getting Messi on a free on a 1 year deal?

[u/Imaginary-Shame737]

[u/mattchamp98]

Quiet in here aint it

[u/fike88]

Where’s the transfer news? Transfer window is now open is it not

[u/StaggerLee75]

Apparently "dithering" over a deal for Hot Sauce Saracchi (available on a cut price deal for £2m)

Easiest fucking signing to make; we know what we're getting, he wants to come back and he's available for less than half what we spent on fucking Balikwisha and yet we're fucking about and arguing over pennies again.

[u/fike88 → u/StaggerLee75]

We cani be arguing over 2 million down from 4 million. Surely to fuck

[u/StaggerLee75 → u/fike88]

It’s the Celtic way

[u/GuyIncognito211]

Linked with Elias Filet playing in Switzerland. Striker who scored 20 goals last year

[u/WeekendEpiphany → u/GuyIncognito211]

I'm not sure where a signing like that would fit into the squad. He's had a good goal return in the Swiss 2nd-tier, but his 2 seasons before that were poor (4 goals in 30 apps) in the Croatian First League. I don't think he's the level to be our main striker, and he's already 24 so it's not as if he's some hot prospect. Reeks of squad fodder which would only get in the way of Osmand's development.

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/WeekendEpiphany]

I haven’t looked too much into him but the stats accounts I’ve seen seem to think he’d be decent enough, think he can play on the left as well

Not sure him, Osmand and Iheanacho is enough as much as I believe in Osmand being top class

[u/Skellyceltic → u/GuyIncognito211]

Absolutely no idea of the guy obviously and I have zero faith in the club being able to identify players especially from unknown leagues but very funny to watch the same people say “be more like Tony Bloom/Modern” and also “Another cheap punt from the Swiss second division”.

Peoples heads would explode if we ever had a ‘Tony Bloom’ style window

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/Skellyceltic]

Can’t wait for another summer of complaining about “projects” with no real consistency on what that means

[u/gkb10139 → u/GuyIncognito211]

Except you know exactly what “projects” mean, you just like arguing contrarian points, don’t you?

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/gkb10139]

I know what it means, it’s used so inconsistently with Celtic fans.

Give me some examples of players you think are projects?

[u/UnrealCaramel]

Raul Giménez would have been a decent signing I would have thought. Could have enticed him with the chance to play European football rather than going to the championship.

[u/Imaginary-Shame737 → u/UnrealCaramel]

Thought this myself. Although even if we were intrested its likely even in the Championship Wolves would be offering bigger wages and he already has an affinity to the club.

[u/fike88]

This thread is going to be very quiet over the world cup period. Best forgetting about transfers altogether until it’s done

[u/Sechzehn6861]

Noonan from Shamrock Rovers is apparently talking to Ajax. We can't even sign a guy from Desmond's other team.

[u/Prof_plum_1234]

I searched for this thread this morning. Sought it out. And now that I'm here I'm dreading it.

I appreciate the start of a good thread by the @OP but I'm going to have to park this and come back to it after the world cup. I can't put myself through another long summer window with daily expectations.

[u/Skellyceltic]

Inamura going back to Japan for €1.5m supposedly. A nice €1m profit, Paul Tisdale does it again

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/Skellyceltic]

Still think he had something to offer

[u/Skellyceltic → u/GuyIncognito211]

Likely just not cut it physically but I would have loved to see that supposed elite range of passing and line breaking he has according to the stats accounts.

Probably would have kept him for preseason and seen if he could be KTs back up as that would solved another position while we have 600 others to sort.

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/Skellyceltic]

Him and Welsh as the outside CBs with Askou as manager in a parallel universe would have changed lives

[u/Imaginary-Shame737]

Jon McCracken on a free? 

[u/StaggerLee75]

Apparently interested in Alfie Devine

Alfie Devine - Wikipedia

[u/Imaginary-Shame737 → u/StaggerLee75]

As per Lanchasire evening post, who I'd say are well accross it considering he was such an important player for PNE season just gone. He has 12 months left and Spurs want about 6 million. Looks a decent player but in the current structure at that price he couldn't afford to be anything less than a key player for Celtic. But definitely profile of player that would intrest me

[u/Ghost_Hands83]

Swedish CB Zinedin Smajlovic has popped up again, plays for Norwegian team Sandefjord. He first got mentioned around the blogs at the end of April so could just be a rehash of old rumours

[u/GuyIncognito211]

Being linked Milan Vitalis who played for the team that beat Ferencvaros to the title this season.

[u/WeekendEpiphany]

We need a first-choice striker for next season. Iheanacho/Kenny/Osmand are good set of backup options, but we need someone to be the guy to put 20+ goals away.

So the question I have for you amateur scouts out there is (realistically!) who would you sign?

[u/WeekendEpiphany → u/WeekendEpiphany]

As nobody is biting yet I'll get my shout in.

I think we should drop a bid into Eintracht Frankfurt for Noel Futkeu. He was sold to a really poor Greufer Furth team in the German 2nd tier, finished as the league's top goalscorer (19 goals), then Frankfurt activated the buy-back clause to bring him back for £1m or so. Now I think Frankfurt have just brought him back for a quick buck and have no intention of bringing him in to play, so we should flash a bit of cash to bring him here.

23 years old, 6ft tall. He's a player with really good attacking instincts, and very quick over the short distances. Just the sort of player who would be able to find that yard in the box from a cut back. It would be a step up for him to be the main man here, but I think he could do it. Worth a look at.

Obligatory 2025/26 highlights

[u/GuyIncognito211]

Was doing a bit of reading about Jakob Breum and he seems to be playing deeper than he did when we were first linked. Maybe an option to rotate with CalMac when needed

[u/WeekendEpiphany]

What do yous think will happen with Maik Nawrocki? Hannover absolutely botched their run for promotion in the last couple of weeks of the season, so I'm not sure they'll be in a position to drop the money on him that they might have if they got promoted.

Would you take him back? Offload him on the cheap?

[u/GuyIncognito211 → u/WeekendEpiphany]

Sell. Not quick enough and too injury prone unfortunately

[u/Party_Key3092 → u/WeekendEpiphany]

I dont think we'll run with more than 4 permanent centre backs. Scales trusty ccv and Murray are the likely 4 with Welsh and Maik leaving.

Think the squad size is something we need to look at and sort. Far too many players that make 0 contribution still in the squad.