Celtic are reportedly facing competition to sign striking starlet Shay Reid from Cliftonville. The striker had trial spells with the Scottish Champions but his attacking prowess has alerted other potential suitors, meaning that Brendan Rodgers’ side may face competition for the young man’s signature.
N Ireland outlet The Newsletter has claimed that there are a number of teams vying for Reid’s signature, especially after a blistering season in youth football.
The 16-year-old topped the U20 Premiership Development League goalscoring charts last term, netting 23 times in 32 matches as well as impressing at U18 level too, scoring a further 21 goals across 25 appearances.
Preston North End and Hollywood-backed Wrexham are both interested in the player. The Championship sides have had to look to talent from Scotland and Ireland in the wake of Brexit but Celtic should be confident in the fact that they have two former League of Ireland players in and around the first team with two ex-N Ireland players – Niall McGinn and Paddy McCourt – making the grade at Celtic.
Celtic will need to strengthen in a number of first team positions but they will also require to add to their development squad to build strong pathways towards the first team. Rodgers will know that the club need to sign an established striker with Mathias Kvistgaarden the favourite to join on a deal worth in excess of £10m.
Kvistgarden is not favourite to sign in the eyes of anyone but the media.
If we were going to get him he would have been here in the last window but his club kept pushing the price up and as usual, we, rightly so, pulled out when the price went over 9 million.
Can any Celtic fan that knows anything, look at this guys history and honestly think he is worth over 10 million plus the weekly wages? If you do, I have a bridge for sale that you can buy really cheap.
If we do buy this guy at over 10 million, he will go down with Idah and Engles as the worst pieces of business the club has ever done.
Instead go get the young guy from French div 2 that is banging in goals and get Miovski in. Then you get two for less than Kvistgarden and have some left over for the other areas we really need fixed. Such as Centre half(s), a defensive midfield enforcer and a creative mid. You know the positions we never filled when Denayer left, when Broony left, when O’Reilly left.
If we lose Hatate, Kuhn or Maeda in this window we will have to scramble to replace them too. As usual any big out going transfers will happen in the last week and we won’t have time to replace them with quality.
Go on board and scouting team prove me wrong.