Celtic Transfer Rumours

17 Aug 2026 21:02:19
Reading tonight that Hatate has knocked back potential moves to any interested clubs in;- Greece, MLS or the Austrian Bundesliga, as he's apparently holding out for a top 5 move.

I can't help but think if he'd done thinks differently in the past 12-18 months, maybe one or two clubs in the top 5 leagues may have come in for him.

HH.

17 Aug 2026 08:31:26
Ed, any truth in the links with the young lad Paniagua? Supposedly we have been in contact with his agent.
I remember coming across him a few years back as he was being touted as one of the best teenagers in South America at the time. I know nothing about his progression though.

{Ed007's Note - His agent has came out and said there's been talks with us, Ajax and Ferencvaros. I think it could end up too complicated a deal as the club he is on loan at have an option to buy, so you're negotiating with 2 clubs over one player 🤷🏻‍♂️

17 Aug 2026 13:48:51
I saw that one and with the players we need at this stage of the window, any deal needs to be as straight forward as possible as the vlock is ticking.

I'm holding out hope that we can get Niko Sigur and one other midfielder over the line, as well as cover at LB and a GK.

A good win on Wednesday night with a few goals to spare won't do any harm.

HH.

15 Aug 2026 21:43:44
@DontLookBackInAnge. if you're still looking for somwhere to go before the game drop me a message on here how to get in touch with you or mail me at ed007@live. co. uk 👍🏻🍀.

15 Aug 2026 17:05:27

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15 Aug 2026 09:36:44
Celtic will fight it out with wolves for Niko Sigur. While also still heavily interested in Gvidas Ginetis. Good to see we are not putting all our eggs in one basket for Engles replacement.

I think any move for Miguel Chaiwa would only be if we fail to get any of our top targets.

We are also keeping tabs on Ermin Mahmic but any move for him would only be sanctioned if we lose Nygren with plenty of teams across Europe interested in his services.

Although he played for blackburn last night the deal for Goalkeeper Balázs Tóth looks like it will go through, with personal terms already agreed. £4 million fee been mentioned.

Landon Emenalo looking Likley to sign. Only thing holding this back is a injury he has with Celtic waiting to see if that clears up before green lighting the move.

Celtic are open to loaning out Tounetki and bringing another Left winger in if they can.

15 Aug 2026 12:09:51
If young Sigur has any ambition then we'll see him in Paradise within the next fortnight.

HH.

16 Aug 2026 11:54:08
Why have we not even enquired about Patrik Berg from Bodo Glimt?, he is exactly the player we need in our midfield at the moment and he is only 27, he is better than the other midfield players we are being linked with, if we are willing to go to £10m for the Lithuanian boy, spend it on Berg.

16 Aug 2026 16:11:07
Although I'd love to see Berg in the Hoops, I'm guessing he doesn't fit our player signing model?

HH.

16 Aug 2026 19:27:33
Berg left Bodo before and it never worked out. He came back and has been a star player for them. If he left and it didn’t work out again and is reliant on Bodo taking him in, it might be seen as cheeky to a degree.

Maybe he’s comfortable there and earning a solid wage.

{Ed007's Note - I might be wrong but I'm sure Berg's partner didn't settle in France and Franck Haise's tendency not to trust players who hadn't played in the French league until they had proven themselves made up his mind to return to Norway.
I'd be surprised if Berg would even consider leaving Bodo/Glimt again, but of he did in the next 6/12 months I'd hope Celtic would be trying to get him - maybe Glasgow would suit his Mrs better.}

15 Aug 2026 06:57:07
Looking at the paper talk, twitter etc it’s fair to say we are looking at brining in a utility man (we know O’Neill loves them) and a box to box midfielder, left back is close, keeper is close. I think we would need to go back to O’neills first 2 seasons where we signed players and you could see the jigsaw take shape, strachan possibly as well, but since then it’s been square pegs in round holes. I think all supporters would agree we need to sell some players at their financial selling peak, however it must be with a plan to replace. Engels going is huge but not negative and if we get the replacements in the fans will back it.

I just hope Maloney is watching how O’Neill gets what he wants and uses the same method if he takes over as manager, also I firmly believe O’neill was subtlety leaking to someone to leak to the press in order to pressure the board.

Thoughts on all of above.

15 Aug 2026 12:47:39
Good points made in your post Hogh9.

I was in the 'keep Engels' camp and attempt to build a team around him, now he's away, like many, I hope we can recruit at his level or better, in order to progress and move forward.

In MON we have a coach who has, as a player, club manager, international team manager and crucially, man manager, seen and done it all.

He also happens to be a very intelligent individual who can operate as comfortably at board level as he does in the dressing room.

Now, whether the purse strings being opened and the level of player we're signing in this window is solely down to MON, I can't say.

I have no doubt that young Master Maloney will be getting an education as a by product of MON being back in charge at Celtic and working with him, day in day out.

If SM were to replace MON, he would have the benefit of not only his previous experience, pre Celtic (good and bad) , as well as everything he learned last season alone, which was insane on any level.

Could MON be kept on in some capacity as a link between the team and board going forward should SM get the gig - who knows?

We have a player signing model in place which has largely been successful over several years now, our DNA as a football club has been in place since the very begining with Jock Stein setting the standard during his trophy laden tenure as manager, he set the bar in the modern era.

As several other clubs across Europe e. g. Bodo Glimt, have demonstrated, by having the correct footballing infrastructure in place to include;-

* youth developnent
* coaching
* player signing model
* the specific type of player signed
* style of play

it shouldn't matter the name of the coach who's in place at the club as he should fit the system, NOT the other way around.

Nancy was the best or worst example of how not to do this and that appointment should be a constant reminder just how quickly it can go wrong.

We have the start of those building blocks, we need the board to support the methodology and once this 'green print' is fully in place, in theory it should run like the proverbial well oiled machine.

Time will tell.

HH.

15 Aug 2026 16:21:41
Well said pedro, I do think the pressure to win every game stiffles us for bringing in season on season lennoxtown honed talent.

There’s a massive gap between being good enough for us in do or die matches and being an u23 player in England, or even being bled into a first team in the premiership as rotation is very much the norm from 7th to relegation.

I think we may see something of a leap from Celtic in terms of results as the quality of our first 11 has considerabley improved / forecasted to improve with the additions being saught. Time will tell, but hopefully it puts all the moaners and panty wetters back in their box.