Anthony Joseph’s Celtic striker update
Anthony Joseph last night issued a curious ‘mibbes aye, mibbes naw’ tweet about Sydney van Hooijdonk coming to Celtic.
The Sky Sports reporter and Celtic fan is generally fairly close to transfer news in and out of the club but his tweet on the Bologna striker was unusually non-committal.
Celtic do have an interest in van Hooijdonk, Bologna are willing to let him leave this month but there appears to be no recent contact even though there are only a few days left in the Transfer Window.
Alarm bells were going off among fans watching Saturday’s laboured 1-0 win over Ross County with the performance as stodgy as the pitch in draining the life out of the fans that looked forward to a few goals after cheering a first minute deflection from Alistair Johnston put their side in front. They waited and waited.
UPDATE: Bologna striker Sydney van Hooijdonk is looking to leave the club this month.
Celtic have been monitoring his situation for some time.
The Hoops are looking to add a striker before the transfer window closes but, as things stand, there’s been no contact for the 23yo. https://t.co/cjgoPFDQd3
— Anthony Joseph (@AnthonyRJoseph) January 27, 2024
Van Hooijdonk was left out of the Bologna squad for last night’s draw away to AC Milan with the strong hint that a move is being discussed. On TNT Sport’s coverage of the match it was claimed that a move to Celtic was on the cards.
With just 207 minutes of action on Serie A spread across nine appearances it seems logical that the player and club look in different directions in the remaining months of the season.
It remains to be seen if 23-year-old will repeat the move that his Dad took in 1995, after yesterday’s performance the pressure is on the Celtic recruitment team more than ever to provide Brendan Rodgers with first team starters for the demanding run of fixtures coming up.
CLICK HERE for van Hooijdonk’s Transfermarkt profile.
