Celtic in talks to sign £8m-rated attacking midfielder from MLS

Celtic are reportedly in talks with Los Angeles FC over the transfer of Mateusz Bogusz. The 22-year-old, formerly of Leeds United, has been in the MLS since March 2023 but could be on the verge of a return to Europe.

According to Tomasz Włodarczyk of Polish outlet Meczyki, talks are underway between the MLS side and the Scottish Champions over a deal worth around £8m.

In 74 appearances for LAFC, Bogusz has scored 20 goals and assisted on 14 occasions. It is a decent return for the player and one that will likely have caught the eye of Celtic’s scouts as they continue to search for players to strengthen the first team.

Bogusz plays predominantly as an attacking midfielder but can also play further forward as well as in a deeper midfield role. The suggestion that talks are underway could be attributed to Brendan’s comments about wanting at least one midfielder in the door before the window ends.

Celtic are braced for the departure of Matt O’Riley, who is the subject of a £25m+ bid from Premier League side Brighton. Paulo Bernardo has already been signed from Benfica but the manager has said he would like to add two more midfielders if O’Riley departs.

The source is usually quite good given that he was on the ball with Josip Juranovic and Maik Nawrocki updates. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.

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  1. Looks like half our team geetin sold O’Riley. hiata.kyoko. Taylor not signed new contract we have brought in two goalkeepers bernardo and I’d say without losing these guys we need four new signing left back left centre back forward and two midfielders but we look behind in transfer we must have known O’Riley good chance of going haita has said his dream is play epl let’s hope Celtic are doing it in house and we start signing ir we will lose Rodgers lawell get the blame but puppet master demit Desmond runs a tight ship and nothing gets done without him giving the go ahead yes we have major profits for an spl club but we need to spend £5,000,000 on transfers we are in champions league but if we buy a player for £15,000,000 its going to cost £2,000,000 a year on wages we can’t do that it would cripple us financially and cause upset in dressing room so that’s a no go so for now our buys will be £10,000,000 an under we won’t win champions league but we have to do better and be in Europe after Christmas we must keep dominating scottish football that means we have to be up for it cause there are people that don’t want Celtic top dog not football teams that allowed but officails you have seen decisions last season rugby park league cup stonewall penalty last minute disgrace hearts Tyne castle disgraceful penalty for hearts and a sending off first time var game set out its stall by not allowing penalty for hand ball ref didn’t even want var to look at Don Robertson has giving some terrible decisions against Celtic so dermit Desmond jock stein was said we have 11 players and three officails trying to stop us winning now we have var judgement but the public see it for themselves but still happens we want ten our more wip every record off the board