The summer time switch window formally slams shut this night and that signifies that Celtic have little time left to finish their remaining enterprise.
It has been reported that Brendan Rodgers desires to herald three new gamers earlier than the deadline and Augsburg central midfielder Arne Engels is certainly one of them.
Soccer Scotland stories that the Hoops are ready to interrupt their switch file to land the £10m-rated Belgian teenager to bolster their choices in the midst of the park.
The Scottish giants need to add two midfielders to the group, although, and are eyeing up choices to return in alongside Engels earlier than the shut of play in the present day.
Celtic eyeing Premiership expertise
In accordance with Soccer Scotland, the Hoops are contemplating a late swoop to signal central midfielder Luke McCowan from Scottish Premiership rivals Dundee.
The report claims that the Bhoys are taking a look at a variety of gamers in that place, with Swiss ace Alyvn Sanches additionally on their checklist, and the Scottish gem is certainly one of them.
It states {that a} transfer for LAFC star Mateusz Bogusz has fallen by way of, after they failed to achieve an settlement with the MLS outfit, and McCowan has emerged as a substitute possibility.
Rodgers might now land an improve on the Polish switch goal by swooping to safe a deal for McCowan alongside Engels, as an alternative of the LAFC maestro.
Why Celtic ought to signal Luke McCowan
Firstly, the Scottish star is a confirmed Premiership performer who doesn’t want a interval of adaptation as he has already proven he can carry out to a excessive degree within the division, whereas Bogusz has solely starred within the MLS.
The 26-year-old dynamo’s performances additionally recommend that he might supply extra out of possession than the Polish expertise, while offering the same degree of high quality on the ball.
To this point this season, McCowan has produced two objectives and one help in three video games, while additionally making 4.7 tackles and interceptions mixed per sport with a duel success charge of 63%.
His spectacular begin to the 2024/25 marketing campaign has adopted on from his excellent shows in the midst of the park for the SPFL facet within the 2023/24 season.
|
Stats |
Mateusz Bogusz (2024 MLS) |
Luke McCowan (23/24 Premiership) |
|---|---|---|
|
Appearances |
24 |
37 |
|
Targets |
13 |
10 |
|
Assists |
5 |
5 |
|
Huge possibilities created |
8 |
9 |
|
Tackles + interceptions per sport |
1.5 |
2.5 |
|
Duel success charge |
40% |
45% |
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Stats by way of Sofascore |
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As you may see within the desk above, each central midfielders have the standard to get ahead to supply a risk as a scorer and a creator of objectives.
Nevertheless, McCowan’s defensive stats, final season and within the first three matches of the present marketing campaign, recommend that he has extra to supply out of possession.
This might make him a greater possibility than Bogusz off the ball, significantly with Champions League video games that Celtic will should be robust defensively in on the horizon, while providing the same degree of high quality within the ultimate third.
Subsequently, Rodgers ought to swoop to signal McCowan, who was dubbed “tenacious” by author Kai Watson, from Dundee earlier than the top of the window as a incredible various to the LAFC star.
