CELTIC TRANSFER WINDOW REVIEW 2024/25! 🏴🍀 🇩🇰 | Kasper Schmeichel (GK) Age: 37 Club: FREE AGENT ❌ Fee: FREE 💰 Transfermarkt: €1M 🌟 Incredible signing for Celtic. As good as Joe Hart was, it’s clear to see that Kasper Schmeichel is an INSTANT upgrade on Hart! His shot-stopping ability, his sensational distribution with the ball at his feet and the experience of playing at the highest level. Schmeichel will be an excellent signing for Celtic and it’s just a shame he isn’t a few years younger. Rating? 9/10 🔥 🇫🇮 | Viljami Sinisalo (GK) Age: 22 Club: Aston Villa FC 🏴 Fee: €1.2M 💰 Transfermarkt: €600k 🌟 Difficult player to fully judge. Player of the year for Exeter City in League One in England last season, VERY highly rated at Aston Villa and seems very eager to come in to play understudy to Kasper Schmeichel for a year to help develop his game. Good chance Sinisalo will be a very solid keeper for Celtic in the coming years for a minimal fee. Rating? 7.5/10 👍🏻 🇮🇪 | Adam Idah (ST) Age: 23 Club: Norwich City FC 🏴 Fee: €11.3M 💰 Transfermarkt: €3.5M 🌟 Simply put one of the worst value for money signings I have EVER seen at Celtic. Adam Idah is a grafter. He works hard, he backs in to defenders and he finds himself in good position in the box. You don’t pay £9.5M for a grafter. Adam Idah has VERY limited technical ability, his finishing leaves A LOT to be desired, he’s very one-footed and he’s failed to make any impact at both Norwich or internationally for Ireland! For €11.3M there are SO MANY better players out there across world football we could have signed for that fee, not only with higher ceilings, but that are better RIGHT NOW. Very poor signing. Rating? 3/10 🤢 🇵🇹 | Paulo Bernardo (CM) Age: 22 Club: S.L. Benfica 🇵🇹 Fee: €4M 💰 Transfermarkt: €3.5M 🌟 Paulo Bernardo is a talented footballer. He’s very gifted technically, he’s got the vision to pick out some excellent passes and he’s even fairly robust with the ability to shirk a tackle. Given he was the captain of the Portugal u21 National Team as well shows the pedigree he has. At 22 years of age with the potential he has for €4M? Well worth the fee. Rating? 8/10 👍🏻 🇪🇸 | Álex Valle (LB) Age: 20 Club: FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 Fee: LOAN (€1.5M) 💰 Transfermarkt: €2.5M 🌟 Let’s forget about the loan situation for a second. In terms of the player himself? INCREDIBLE signing. Álex Valle is a player who made 29 appearances for Levante last season. He’s physically imposing for a full-back, he’s fast, he’s excellent going forward and he’s even capable going back the way too. There were many Barca fans who wanted this boy not to be loaned out and to be kept around the first team Barcelona squad this season, which in itself speaks volumes to the level of player we are getting. The elephant in the room is the fact he is only a loan. People keep on saying that he has a €3M release clause. Let me make one thing clear… ÁLEX VALLE’S RELEASE CLAUSE IS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO CELTIC! This means if (when) he has an absolute blinder for Celtic this season, he will not be a Celtic player next season because every club in Europe will activate his €3M release clause too! We will spend this season developing a player solely for another club. Rating? 5/10 😐 (9.5/10 if permanent) 🇺🇸 | Auston Trusty (CB) Age: 26 Club: Sheffield United FC 🏴 Fee: €7.2M 💰 Transfermarkt: €7M 🌟 Like Adam Idah a HORRENDOUS value for money signing. Auston Trusty is not favoured at all by Sheffield United fans. He’s known to be clumsy, erratic and was part of a defence which kept ONE clean sheet in the Premier League last season. Auston Trusty is a £2-3M player. We paid £6M. If Trusty can’t cut the mustard for Sheffield United, in what WORLD is he good enough to propel Celtic in the Champions League? What frustrates me the most about this signing is how many other bargain centre-back deals there was available this summer on much younger players than Trusty who are ALREADY better and have a ceiling that is in a totally different bracket to that of Auston Trusty. I will list a couple in the last segment of this post below. Awful signing. Rating? 2.5/10 🤢 🇧🇪 | Arne Engels (CM) Age: 20 Club: FC Augsburg 🇩🇪 Fee: €13M 💰 Transfermarkt: €9M 🌟 Celtic’s record breaking transfer, the most expensive player Celtic have ever signed. Do I think he looks amazing? No. Am I willing to get behind him? Absolutely. Watching his highlights nothing instantly stands out about the Belgian midfield. He doesn’t look like he can run at an opponent, he doesn’t seem to have a great striker, he isn’t a defensive monster who’s gonna break up play. I don’t really see what we’re getting for our £11M, however going by what the people who watch him regularly have said we could have a serious player on our hands. I’m gonna trust them on this one. Rating? 5/10 😐 🏴 | Luke McCowan (CM) Age: 26 Club: Dundee FC 🏴 Fee: €1.2M 💰 Transfermarkt: €600k 🌟 Luke McCowan ticks a lot of boxes for Celtic. He’s tidy on the ball, he’s experienced in Scottish football, he’s cheap, adds squad depth and helps towards the homegrown quota for Europe. Rating? 6/10 😐 2024/24 CELTIC TRANSFER WINDOW OVERALL RATING? 3.5/10
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CELTIC TRANSFER WINDOW REVIEW 2024/25! 🏴🍀
🇩🇰 | Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
Age: 37
Club: FREE AGENT ❌
Fee: FREE 💰
Transfermarkt: €1M 🌟
Incredible signing for Celtic. As good as Joe Hart was, it’s clear to see that Kasper Schmeichel is an INSTANT upgrade on Hart!
His shot-stopping ability, his sensational distribution with the ball at his feet and the experience of playing at the highest level. Schmeichel will be an excellent signing for Celtic and it’s just a shame he isn’t a few years younger.
Rating? 9/10 🔥
🇫🇮 | Viljami Sinisalo (GK)
Age: 22
Club: Aston Villa FC 🏴
Fee: €1.2M 💰
Transfermarkt: €600k 🌟
Difficult player to fully judge. Player of the year for Exeter City in League One in England last season, VERY highly rated at Aston Villa and seems very eager to come in to play understudy to Kasper Schmeichel for a year to help develop his game. Good chance Sinisalo will be a very solid keeper for Celtic in the coming years for a minimal fee.
Rating? 7.5/10 👍🏻
🇮🇪 | Adam Idah (ST)
Age: 23
Club: Norwich City FC 🏴
Fee: €11.3M 💰
Transfermarkt: €3.5M 🌟
Simply put one of the worst value for money signings I have EVER seen at Celtic.
Adam Idah is a grafter. He works hard, he backs in to defenders and he finds himself in good position in the box. You don’t pay £9.5M for a grafter.
Adam Idah has VERY limited technical ability, his finishing leaves A LOT to be desired, he’s very one-footed and he’s failed to make any impact at both Norwich or internationally for Ireland!
For €11.3M there are SO MANY better players out there across world football we could have signed for that fee, not only with higher ceilings, but that are better RIGHT NOW.
Very poor signing.
Rating? 3/10 🤢
🇵🇹 | Paulo Bernardo (CM)
Age: 22
Club: S.L. Benfica 🇵🇹
Fee: €4M 💰
Transfermarkt: €3.5M 🌟
Paulo Bernardo is a talented footballer. He’s very gifted technically, he’s got the vision to pick out some excellent passes and he’s even fairly robust with the ability to shirk a tackle. Given he was the captain of the Portugal u21 National Team as well shows the pedigree he has.
At 22 years of age with the potential he has for €4M? Well worth the fee.
Rating? 8/10 👍🏻
🇪🇸 | Álex Valle (LB)
Age: 20
Club: FC Barcelona 🇪🇸
Fee: LOAN (€1.5M) 💰
Transfermarkt: €2.5M 🌟
Let’s forget about the loan situation for a second. In terms of the player himself? INCREDIBLE signing.
Álex Valle is a player who made 29 appearances for Levante last season. He’s physically imposing for a full-back, he’s fast, he’s excellent going forward and he’s even capable going back the way too.
There were many Barca fans who wanted this boy not to be loaned out and to be kept around the first team Barcelona squad this season, which in itself speaks volumes to the level of player we are getting.
The elephant in the room is the fact he is only a loan. People keep on saying that he has a €3M release clause. Let me make one thing clear… ÁLEX VALLE’S RELEASE CLAUSE IS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO CELTIC! This means if (when) he has an absolute blinder for Celtic this season, he will not be a Celtic player next season because every club in Europe will activate his €3M release clause too! We will spend this season developing a player solely for another club.
Rating? 5/10 😐 (9.5/10 if permanent)
🇺🇸 | Auston Trusty (CB)
Age: 26
Club: Sheffield United FC 🏴
Fee: €7.2M 💰
Transfermarkt: €7M 🌟
Like Adam Idah a HORRENDOUS value for money signing.
Auston Trusty is not favoured at all by Sheffield United fans. He’s known to be clumsy, erratic and was part of a defence which kept ONE clean sheet in the Premier League last season.
Auston Trusty is a £2-3M player. We paid £6M.
If Trusty can’t cut the mustard for Sheffield United, in what WORLD is he good enough to propel Celtic in the Champions League?
What frustrates me the most about this signing is how many other bargain centre-back deals there was available this summer on much younger players than Trusty who are ALREADY better and have a ceiling that is in a totally different bracket to that of Auston Trusty. I will list a couple in the last segment of this post below.
Awful signing.
Rating? 2.5/10 🤢
🇧🇪 | Arne Engels (CM)
Age: 20
Club: FC Augsburg 🇩🇪
Fee: €13M 💰
Transfermarkt: €9M 🌟
Celtic’s record breaking transfer, the most expensive player Celtic have ever signed. Do I think he looks amazing? No. Am I willing to get behind him? Absolutely.
Watching his highlights nothing instantly stands out about the Belgian midfield. He doesn’t look like he can run at an opponent, he doesn’t seem to have a great striker, he isn’t a defensive monster who’s gonna break up play. I don’t really see what we’re getting for our £11M, however going by what the people who watch him regularly have said we could have a serious player on our hands.
I’m gonna trust them on this one.
Rating? 5/10 😐
🏴 | Luke McCowan (CM)
Age: 26
Club: Dundee FC 🏴
Fee: €1.2M 💰
Transfermarkt: €600k 🌟
Luke McCowan ticks a lot of boxes for Celtic. He’s tidy on the ball, he’s experienced in Scottish football, he’s cheap, adds squad depth and helps towards the homegrown quota for Europe.
Rating? 6/10 😐
2024/24 CELTIC TRANSFER WINDOW OVERALL RATING? 3.5/10
2024/25 TRANSFERS CELTIC SHOULD HAVE MADE 🍀
🇷🇸 Jan-Carlo Simić, €3M (AC Milan 🇮🇹 ➡️ R.S.C Anderlecht 🇧🇪)
🇨🇮 Adamo Nagalo, €7M (FC Norsdjælland 🇩🇰 ➡️ PSV Eindhoven 🇳🇱)
🇯🇵 Ao Tanaka, €4M (Fortuna Düsseldorf 🇩🇪 ➡️ Leeds United 🏴)
🇧🇷 Marquinhos, €5M (Ferencvárosi TC 🇭🇺 ➡️ Spartak Moscow 🇷🇺)
🇰🇷 Hwang In-beom, ? (Crvena Zvezda 🇷🇸 ➡️ Feyenoord 🇳🇱)
🇵🇹 Jota Silva, €7M (Vitória S.C. 🇵🇹 ➡️ Nottingham Forest 🏴)
🇧🇷 Gabriel Pereira, €5M (Gil Vicente 🇵🇹 ➡️ FC København 🇩🇰)
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