The three players I’d like Celtic to sign this summer

The Celtic Star

·14 de maio de 2025

The three players I’d like Celtic to sign this summer

Kvistgaarden, Balikwisha and Miller are the players who are top of my wish list for Celtic to sign this summer…

Broendby IF v Randers FC, 3F Superliga, Broendby, Denmark 21st, April 2025. Mathias Kvistgaarden (36) of Broendby IF seen after the 3F Superliga match between Broendby IF and Randers FC at Broendby Stadion. Photo Gonzales Photo Rune Mathiesen

With the season almost concluded all thoughts will not only be on the upcoming Scottish Cup Final, but the forthcoming summer transfer window.

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Treble winners or not, squad needs quality additions

We could well head into the summer as Treble winners but that doesn’t mean we can’t make improvements to our squad, as it’s clear and obvious we need to add more strength and depth for the challenges ahead next campaign.

We don’t want just squad fillers either we want first team ready players and ones of true quality. Brendan Rodgers yesterday said that he wants at least three quality additions to bolster his options and three names that we’ve been heavily linked with would do just nicely.

F.C. Copenhagen Vs Brøndby IF in Copenhagen, Denmark – 13 April 2025. Mathias Kvistgaarden of Brøndby IF celebrates after scoring their first goal Final score: F.C. Copenhagen 1 – 2 Brøndby IF. Copenhagen Denmark. Photo Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg SOPA Images

Three top targets would improve Celtic immensely

Mathias Kvistgaarden of Danish side Brondby, Michel-Ange Balikwisha of Royal Antwerp in Belgium and closer to home Lennon Miller of Motherwell who has been named as the Football Writers Young Player of the Year to add to his PFA Scotland Award for the same category.

Michel-Ange Balikwisha during the Belgian “Pro League” First Division football match between Royal Antwerp FC and Royal Union Saint-Gilloise at Bosuil-Stadium in Antwerp on March 17, 2024. (Photo by KRISTOF VAN ACCOM/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images)

Jota set to miss almost all of next season

These are three players whose signatures I believe Celtic should be working hard to secure. Kvistgaarden and Balikwisha would give us extra attacking options and with their pace and skill they would form a formidable attacking force with Nicolas Kuhn and Daizen Maeda whilst giving us great options in the attacking area. It’s likely that Jota will miss the vast majority of next season and James Forrest will be a year older and getting close to being a super-sub rather than a contender for a starting place.

Lennon Miller in action against Celtic. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star

Lennon Miller will be sold by Motherwell this summer

Lennon Miller is another who would add an extra quality to our side in the middle of the park, and he’s a player with tremendous potential to go far in the game. He is not going to be short of options this summer when Motherwell will be looking to cash in on their prize asset. Celtic should make sure that they win that particular race.

Acquiring all three would likely cost in the region of £20 million but it’s a figure that’s well within our reach. Hopefully we can do that without selling any of our most valuable assets, as we’ve seen happen in the past.

Frimpong windfall and 2023 project sales can help fund these three deals

With a healthy £5 million heading our way when the imminent sale of Jeremie Frimpong is concluded, and funds generated from the sale of players on the fringes such as Luis Palma and Gustaf Lagerbielke it should more than help us cover the cost of investing in quality signings without needing to lose any of our star players.

Brendan Rodgers and the Celtic players post-match. theRangers v Celtic, 4 May 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

Want-away players will always be sold provided Celtic’s valuation is met

And any that are sold need to be replaced with that being over and above the players mentioned above. If players want to leave Brendan Rodgers will not stand in their way provided Celtic’s valuation is met by any club interested in signing the player or players in question. We saw that with Kyogo who asked away last summer, got his move in January and would appear to be regretting it ever since.

Kyogo Furuhashi of Stade Rennais on the substituted bench at the Ligue 1l match between AS Saint-Etienne and Stade Rennais FC on February 08, 2025 at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Etienne, France. Photo IMAGO

Should have a word with that new agent, wee man.

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