Celtic have had a relatively smooth return to life under Brendan Rodgers, who took over in the summer after Ange Postecoglou left for Tottenham Hotspur.
Despite Postecoglou’s departure and Jota’s departure to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad, they’ve managed to maintain a title charge. Instead of capitulating and handing Old Firm rivals Rangers the upper hand, Celtic have forged ahead towards a third consecutive Scottish Premiership title, despite Sunday’s defeat to Kilmarnock.
There’s still a long way to go, but even if they lose Kyogo Furuhashi to the Asia Cup in the new year, the Hoops appear to have a plan in place to keep their title credentials intact. In addition to that
Celtic transfer rumors
Celtic added reinforcements such as Luis Palma and Hyun-jun Yang during the summer transfer window in an attempt to replace Jota’s firepower, while also adding to Rodgers’ defensive options with the arrivals of Maik Nawrocki and Nathaniel Phillips. Now, the Northern Irishman may be given the opportunity to strengthen his squad even further as the January transfer window approaches, with Celtic leading the way for one specific target.
According to The Scottish Sun, Celtic are ahead of Old Firm rivals Rangers in the race to sign Aberdeen striker Bojan Miovski in the January transfer window. They will reportedly have to pay a fee of more than £4.4 million to Aberdeen, which would be a Scottish record between two sides.
When asked recently about Miovski, Rodgers said:
“I wouldn’t comment on any particular player.” This is the time when agents throw out names and links, so it would be a long six weeks if I did. But there are names in there. As a manager, you always want to get them in as soon as possible, but we’re on winter break and won’t play until the middle of January. Work is also being done for the players who haven’t been playing — obviously, they’ll want to get out there and play as soon as possible.”
“Great” Miovski can compete with Kyogo.
Miovski’s statistics show that he is more than capable of matching Kyogo’s Scottish Premiership output. So far this season, North Macedonia has
