Celtic and Stoke City have reached an agreement for the transfer of 21 year old Irish midfielder Bosun Lawal. Stoke will pay Celtic £2m plus add-ons for the former Watford star who has agreed a three year contract at the Championship club.
Stoke City have scheduled a medical this afternoon for Celtic midfield Bosun Lawal after Celtic accepted a bid of £2m plus add-ons for the player who impressed last season on loan at Fleetwood and made just two senior appearances for Celtic.
It’s expected that the 21 year old will complete the switch over the weekend in a £2Million move which could eventually reach around £3Million from the add ons included in the deal. Stoke have agreed a three year deal with the Irish Under 21 international star who will now be competing in the English Championship against Rocco Vata who left Celtic last month to sign for Watford.
Mark Hendry at Football Scotland broke the latest transfer story involving Celtic offloading players his summer. Since the January window closed Celtic have sold Liel Abada (£8M), Oh (£4.5m) and now Bosun Lawall (£2m). There’s a £300k development fee from Watford regarding Vata and there may well be a financial gain in offloading Sead Hakšabanović to Allsvenskan club Malmö FF.
Other players are expected to leave the club ahead of the window closing at the end of the month.
Bosun Lawal and Lewis Koumas have both arrived this morning for medicals.
Lawal will join Stoke for £2Million plus add-ons.
Koumas will join Stoke on a season-long loan with an option to recall in Jan. No option to buy. pic.twitter.com/pE44YMH2qO
— The Tony Pulis Cap Podcast (@PulisPodcast) August 9, 2024
Bosun Lawal – the Ire U21 defender/midfielder named in last senior squad – on his way out of Celtic. Stoke City in pole position for upfront fee between £2m-3m.
— John Fallon (@JFallonExaminer) August 9, 2024
Don’t forget to add the roughly £900,000 sell-on fee from Giakoumakis…
Must admit to be very surprised by the decision taken by Rodgers, regarding lawal imo?
Thought lawal would be part of our squad this season and helping to make up our 8 homegrown quota also?
Doesn’t seem the case now, and along with Dane Murray also going out on loan, leaves space within our quota, that possibly has to be filled now by the looks of things?
With only calmac, ralston, Welsh, Taylor and Forrest as near certainty within our 8 homegrown quota, it’s starting to look more likely that Mikey Johnston could well be our 6th out of the 8 needed imo?
Who Rodgers has potentially in mind for the other 2 places, and in what positions?
Is possibly anyone’s guess now imo?
Actually thought lawal did have a future with ourselves also?
He doesn’t qualify as homegrown, (bein Irish born & then at Watford, us & Fleetwood) but I did think he’d possibly get a chance,
.. although we have tae remember it was Fleetwood Town he was playin well at, no Fiorentina.
It does make a mockery of us tryin tae get a proven international player like Idah for £4 mill when we sell an untested kid for £2 mill