Sky Sports: Celtic favor to signal “top player” who’s teammates with Mbappe

After Celtic signed Nicolas Kuhn from Rapid Vienna before this month, it was once stated that manager Brendan Rodgers wanted to add a left-back and a striker to his squad earlier than the transfer deadline.

It’s taken until the very give up of the window, but Celtic are now set to tick at least one of those boxes after agreeing a deal to sign Adam Idah from Norwich loan. Idah has already passed through his clinical and was once pictured in Glasgow on Wednesday night.

Meanwhile, the Hoops proceed to push for a new left-back in the hope of combatting their present day overreliance on Greg Taylor. Taylor, who’s out for a few weeks with an injury, had started his side’s first 22 Scottish Premiership matches of the season, with back-up Alexandro Bernabei making simply his fifth appearance of the marketing campaign towards Ross County remaining time out.

Rodgers’ facet have looked into a pass for Hugo Bueno at Wolves, but the Premier League club are not expected to enable him to go on loan, and it’s compelled them to reflect onconsideration on choice targets.

Celtic eye formidable Kurzawa deal

According to Sky Sports News, Celtic are keen to sign Lavyin Kurzawa from PSG after missing out on Bueno, however the monetary demands of the Ligue 1 leaders make it a difficult deal to pull off.

They said: “Celtic [are] making an attempt to bring in a left-back earlier than their cut-off date tonight however they have neglected out on some goals this week. Celtic have also been linked with a cross for PSG’s Layvin Kurzawa but we recognize this could be a challenging deal to do. PSG are searching for a vast fee and would like the player’s wages included as well.”

“Top player” Kurzawa may be out of reach

Kurzawa is believed to earn around £98k per week at the Parc des Princes, and that is reportedly more than double Celtic’s best-paid player Callum McGregor (£37k). In that sense, PSG may additionally need to exhibit a willingness to compromise closely to supply Rodgers any danger of capturing the Frenchman.

Kurzawa has played 154 games for PSG, scoring 14 goals and imparting 23 assists, but he is nicely out of favour in the French capital as it stands. He was sent on loan to Premier League membership Fulham ultimate season however only played six matches before a ligament harm ended his season in March, and this year he’s only seemed once – an eight-minute substitute appearance in opposition to Strasbourg in October. Manager Luis Enrique has left him as an unsused substitute on 12 occasions.