La Liga side join the race for Giakoumakis

Cadiz are the latest side credited with an interest in signing Giorgos Giakoumakis.

The striker is under contract with Celtic until May 2026 but at the end of November a report emerged claiming that talks over a new deal had broken down.

Giakoumakis has had to settle for a place on the bench in all seven of Celtic’s matches since the World Cup break, when he was missing from last night’s squad that faced St Mirren it intensified speculation that he was leaving.

Ange Postecoglou revealed that the Greek internationalist had suffered a knock during Saturday’s 2-0 win over Kilmarnock but the transfer speculation shows no sign of letting up.

J League side Urawa Red Diamonds, Sampdoria and Atalanta United have all been credited with showing interest, this morning Spanish site Eldesmarque reported:

Cádiz CF is very clear that they need the arrival of one or two forwards and they are working on it. The option of Cyle Larin  is still very present and it is possible that he is one of the reinforcements, but the club is looking at other options. As ElDesmarque has learned, one of them is Georgios Giakoumakis , striker for Celtic Glasgow.

There are firm negotiations for his arrival, but he also handles other offers and there is stiff competition to get his services. He is a 28-year-old attacker who is 1.86 tall and has exploded in the last two seasons. After going through different teams in Greece, he scored 29 goals in the Dutch Venlo.

This made Celtic sign him and in the Scottish club he accumulates 25 goals in 55 games . He is a powerful forward who goes well into space and who has played in the Champions League with the Glasgow team. At this moment he is not enjoying many minutes and his departure has been valued, so there are many teams attentive to his situation.

Cádiz has established contacts with Celtic for his arrival and also with the player himself, who values ??the option of reaching Spanish football. His numbers are good and he likes it, but it will be necessary to see if an agreement is reached in the next few days. There are several options that the club manages to achieve the arrival of guarantee reinforcements for the attack.

Giakoumakis is rated a 50-50 chance to play against Morton on Saturday as the transfer window enters the final 10 days.

Cadiz are currently sitting in the third relegation place in La Liga with 16 points from 17 matches and just 12 goals scored.