Celtic's 2025/26 Summer transfer window: Stage: Petrol. Flames. Burning.

I'm struggling with why we're doing this.

If they don't trust Rodgers based on last summer then they should let him go now no point stalling for a year but I don't buy that reasoning at all tbh

They can't be waiting on seeing what European competition we will be in as the cash is already banked we would simply be topping it up if we get into the CL this season

2 years ago we got a statement out from the board expressing their frustration at the window and the excuses given were a hangover from covid and the rest of Europe not spending anywhere near the usual. Neither of those can be used as an excuse now.

I find it impossible to think we wont sign a winger and a striker but I fail to see the reasoning in leaving it so long. We need communication from the board what is the plan/vision for the club because at the moment they are taking the support for mugs

 

It won't happen.. and it's unrealistic at this point..

People work hard to watch Celtic and boycott matches, simply isn't happening.

Although we absolutely need change. Our domestic dominance continued last season, we won our 1st match, we are still in the CL (if unprepared), the transfer window is still open..

Results on the park may produce action, but we're not there yet.

Even if most of us can see the danger ahead.

 

I wouldn't be so sure. We have one quality, reliable CB(CCV) and he's now injury-prone. Scales and Trusty have their moments but they aren't 100% reliable. We have one LB and he's also injury-prone. We have six CM for three places, which is enough in numbers, but all those players strengths are in going forward. They are totally inept at the defensive side of the game. That's not so much a problem against St Mirren or Dundee but in the bigger domestic games and in Europe we badly miss strong, ball-winning midfield operators. Up front we have two reliable options, Jota(who is out until next year) and Maeda. Jamsie can be excellent but is coming to the end of his career. Idah contributes goals but is still very raw and can't be relied on. Yang shows occasional glimpses of ability but is nowhere near consistent enough to be a first eleven regular. Yamada.....time will tell. You could also add the drop-off in quality when Tony R has to replace AJ.
I would say the minimum we require this window is two wingers, a CF and a back-up LB.

 

Squad is a shambles man.

Right back we just put up with ralston as backup, saved by the fact the guy in front is usually decent and injury free not to be a concern, but it's a disaster if AJ was out for a month.

CB literally one of quality needed. Two are playing who's not the worse this week
Left back, KT is Great but there is no backup of we read in to the inamura situation

Central midfielders, been an issue for years of not having dominance and strength in there. Technically nice footballers but missing that one bruiser needed.

Wings, do we need to discuss?
And striker, idah is our number one striker and everyone is now in agreement he is pish.

Literally, other than GK we have zero depth or major issues with the starting players currently at the squad.

Every position



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I disagree with the Ralston is pish as the RB backup and we need to sign someone, he's sound for that role, no issues there.

LB, aye we should have had a proper backup there as Tierney is not a 60 game player, he will need rotated, if Innamura is that I don't know but as it stands I can see scales getting played there at times this season...

CB, I'm happy enough we are covered there now, aye would have been nice to have a 2nd at CCV's level maybe Pusey will be (don't care that he's just a loan)

CM, aye a proper batter DM would be nice but is a lower priority just now, if we did get one it's then a question of how much time would he get given it's a role we don't often need.

Wings we're *, we need at least 2 in of quality.

Striker, we have plenty in there but Idah is not first pick quality, yamada is an unknown and of Kenny/Osmand one should be away on loan.

Priority for me is 2x wingers, Possibly striker of Kenny and Osmand get loaned away, LB, DM

 

Over a month since we sold Kuhn.

 

Another false narrative is the fact they feel they overpaid for Idah and Engels.

1) That’s their own fault for waiting til the last minute and not having a competent enough recruitment strategy to have multiple suitable options.

2) What’s the alternative? Just never sign a footballer ever again because we overpaid once?

 

It just won’t happen Unfortunately…. Not when you’ve had a wait list for STs..

Too many uninterested in or indifferent to boardroom strategy to even consider that sort of action…

And the ‘Auld Grey Tache’ and his cronies all know it.

 

I genuinely can't see this idea that we overpaid for Engels. I think we sometimes have this mentality that we always have to make a massive profit and if we don't we overpaid. It's looking unlikely that Engels will be the next £20 million plus sale at this point (although he could still turn it round), so a massive profit doesn't seem to be on the cards so far; but barring injury, I'm pretty confident we'll get our money back with Engels and maybe even a small profit. I don't think that is overpaying.

Idah, yes, I concede we overpaid and we aren't likely to get that money back. It's a shame, because he had the potential to be a really good player. For whatever reason, he just hasn't developed.

 

Plenty time mate. People need to chill oot

 

Spot on. Ajax have not stopped spending after buying Bassey

Only thing you need is to look at the Ajax, Basel and Brugge, Feyenoord etc and campare their business to ours and you will quicklu learn how pathetic our board is.

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I think its overly simplifying things to say that because the board overpaid for idah that they then wont spend.

I think its more likely a case that they feel they overspent pursuing targets that rodgers wanted rather than pursuing cheaper options that the preferred.

I think the panic option buy stuff is kind of rubbish because we could have panic bought any number of cheaper options.

In the specific case of the last summer transfer window i think what we saw was the board moving away from the model they preffered in order to sign higher cost players in higher cost markets because thats what the manager was pushing for.

You can blame the board for plenty but theres great lengths being taken to put the blame on them when they do actually spend and those targets dont come good.

I think its a case that rodgers and the board are on a different wavelength with transfer targets. I think the last window the board did largely defer to rodgers but when 2 of those outlays wind up on the bench and one of them starts and most of tge support think hes a donkey then it probably does influence transfer policy when you have big differences in targers

 

I felt crestfallen when I read the post above a few days ago about how Feyenoord are run. Realistically, teams like that are the standard we should be aiming to meet and yet it was quite a shock for me to see how much more professional their operation is than ours. The gap is far bigger than I had imagined.

Even if we started today, it would take several years of consistent, well-planned, targeted investment in our footballing operations in order to approach that level of sophistication and professionalism.

 

From what david Friel was saying we are looking at a loan winger, potentially another permanent winger and 1 more in attack and a back up left back but we are back to the "tried and tested £4m and below bracket"

 

Hes was on the bench to guy we brought in this Summer for less than 2M quid this weekend though.

 

When/where did he say this?

 

In the latest Scottish sun transfer report on YouTube probably

 

CELTIC have already signed seven players so far in the transfer window.

But it's no secret that Brendan Rodgers wants more in the door - and that he'll more than likely have to wait a while for anything to happen.


The week of the Champions League play-off tie against either Kairat Almaty or Slovan Bratislava will prove to be a crucial one both on and off the field.

Not only will Celtic's fate in the competition be sealed, but that will have a considerable impact on how much they spend in the transfer market.

The first and second legs will take place on August 19/20 and 26/27 respectively.

The Hoops boss has hinted he wants cover at left-back - which is where Adam Obert could fit in - and there could also be room for another striker.


But it's in the wide areas where his team is really light, so at least one or TWO wingers could arrive before September 1.

SunSport's David Friel told Ryan Rowe how he sees the Parkhead club navigating the last few weeks of the window - and if the board's so-called waiting game could see them miss out on key targets.




Celtic have been linked with versatile Cagliari defender Adam Obert, a week after Viktor Eriksson was mentioned in connection with a move

Last Friday at Lennoxtown Brendan Rodgersgave a big, very open, illuminating press conference and within it he was asked about Celtic being linked with Vikor Eriksson of Hammarby from the night before.

At that stage there was no confirmation of Jahmai Simpson-Pusey but I had asked him if he would be his last defender.



He came back and said, 'Well it'll be the last central defender.' So I think he still is in the market for a left-back or left-back cover for Kieran Tierney.



Does Adam Obert come into that conversation? He can play there.

I think Celtic will be looking at various people. I think they'll also still be assessing Hayato Inamura and whether he can fill that role.

But Brendan Rodgers was on record in saying that he doesn't think they'll bring another centre-half in.


So I just wonder whether that Celtic may be registering an interest early on or whether they're still looking at him as a potential left-back.

Would £3million be too much for a back-up?

It just depends. I think you take every signing on their own merit.

If Celtic think he's a potential backup or a squad player, but with a view to maybe becoming more of that, he's still young, then I don't think £3million is out of the question at all.


What does interest in a left-sided defender mean for Liam Scales?



Liam Scales gets a bit of a raw deal I think, to be perfectly honest with you.

Look, he's not Paolo Maldini, but he is a player who can play different positions. I think he very rarely lets Celtic down.

Like everybody has the odd bad game, I think in Europe, I think nine times out of ten for Celtic, he's been very good. I don't think he's ever let them down.

Auston Trusty has been getting good reviewsfor some of his pre-season performances, and I think people were a wee bit surprised that Liam Scales played against St Mirren.

But before the game I just wondered whether, because St Milan have such physical presence up front, whether Liam Scales would be best equipped to match that and I think the performance he put in showed that.




I thought he was absolutely excellent. He then had to shift out to left back, did fine there as well, so obviously not his natural position.

I think some Celtic fans are always looking to replace a guy like Liam Scales. To me, he's a good squad player, he's a guy you can hang your hat on.

I think he's very, very low maintenance for Brendan Rodgers. I would be amazed if Celtic let Liam Scales go.







Celtic look to have missed out on Go Ahead Eagles star Jakob Breum, with his team mate Oliver Antman going to Rangers... have they left it too late?

I still don't think that's dead. Go Ahead Eagles have been pretty vocal in the whole thing. And look, that's entirely up to them

They've come out and spoken about laughable bids and that they'd only sell one of Breum or Antman.

But I've just got a funny feeling that Breham's not dead in the water.

He's picked up an injury, which I think has a lot of people saying, right, what's going on there?

He played the full game, but he's now injured so he's going to miss Go Ahead Eagles' game this weekend.


And look, I still think Celtic like him.

So I wonder if money does talk, and if a certain bid comes in, whether Go Ahead Eagles will be as stubborn as they said they would.

If Celtic follow up that initial interest, with money that makes them think about it, I think they can get him.







With Jota out injured and no out-and-out replacement for Kyogo as yet, what can fans expect in terms of attacking incomings?

I generally think Celtic will still be pursuing two wingers. I think Celtic need two wingers.


They need a striker but I don't know where those things stand right now, because you've got your best number nine, Daizen Maeda, having to play off the left.

I think he's better through the middle. As you said, he showed that last season. But Celtic are so light in the wide areas that he's having to play out there.


I suppose the number nine, that 'Kyogo replacement', maybe it isn't top of the priority list.

The wingers, that's the urgent area of the team that needs work.

As Brendan Rodgers says, you just need to look at the arithmetic, you look at the numbers.

It's a numbers game, Celtic are down on wingers. Jota's injured, Kuhn's gone, they need two wingers.

The fans want them as quickly as possible. I dare say the manager does.

But, as you say, how long do you wait?






Will hedging their bets and waiting until after the outcome of the Champions League play-off end up costing Celtic?



I don't think it's a stretch to say that the standard of the opponent gives Celtic a little bit more wiggle room.

I'm not saying that's right, and I know there'll be Celtic fans out there saying that it shouldn't matter at all, you should just go and get the players, the money's there in the bank, go and get it done.

However, I think it's human nature to look at that and say, 'OK, it's not quite at crisis point.' Because I'd be amazed if Celtic, with the squad they've got just now, don't beat Slovan Bratislava or Kairat Almaty.

Yes it's a bit of a gamble but they should be beating them. If you can't be taking care of those teams, you don't deserve to be in the Champions League















Given the fluctuating situation in the wide areas for Celtic, has Yang Hyun-jun gone from a forgotten man to a regular contributor?

I think Yang stays for the season.

A couple of weeks ago I'd have said no, and I thought maybe he'd get moved on, but I think for Yang to go, I think Celtic probably need to sign three wingers maybe, because they're just short on bodies here.

Brendan Rodgers likes to change his front three. Daizen Maeda might play 90 minutes most games, either starting the left wing, finishing up as a striker or vice versa, but you're going to need five at the very, very least, and right now Celtic just don't have those numbers at a certain level.

So yeah, as things stand, I think he stays.