Celtic to Add a Striker

[Bennie45]

Neil Lennon has made no secret of his desire to add a striker and he's been strongly linked with three.

Andraz Sporar, Sebastian Andersson and Jordan Rhodes are understood to be in the frame.

 

[grahamer67]

No point going for any of those three, Celtic need a proven goalscorer, someone that can go straight into the team and make a difference, Penny pinching again and it will cost them the title, once again Lennon shows a lack of balls in standing up to Lawwell, he will always be a yes man, Lawwells puppet.

 

[garyth]

But why buy? You bhoys already have a penny pincher in Griffiths or so the rumours say lol

 

[Bennie45]

No point going for any of those three, Celtic need a proven goalscorer, someone that can go straight into the team and make a difference, Penny pinching again and it will cost them the title, once again Lennon shows a lack of balls in standing up to Lawwell, he will always be a yes man, Lawwells puppet.

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Celtic have held talks with Slovan Bratislava over the possible signing of striker Andraz Sporar, manager Neil Lennon has confirmed.

The Slovak club claimed last week they had received a bid from the Scottish Premiership side but will not sell the Slovenia striker for "lower than" £6m.

Lennon denied that, but concedes that discussions are ongoing over a January deal for the 25-year-old.
"There was talks I believe yesterday," he said at a news conference.

"He's one of a number of options we are talking to at the minute. There's no further progress on that one."

Sporar, who joined Slovan from Basel for £1.1m in January 2018, is contracted until June 2023.
He has scored 20 goals in 26 games in all competitions this season during his side's progress in Champions League qualifying and the Europa League.

Lennon, meanwhile, says Celtic have further room for improvement after exceeding his expectations in the first half of the season.

The weekend win over Aberdeen was a 10th consecutive Scottish Premiership victory and comes after they topped their Europa League group and beat Rangers in the League Cup final.

"I think the team can get better," Lennon said. "There is more to come from them.

"They're still young a lot of them - your Ajers, Frimpongs, Mikey Johnstons are all teens or early 20s. You've got players on top of that who are consistently underrated by some.

"What we've done in Europe this year has been spectacular and what we've done domestically has been almost perfect."

 

[Bennie45]

No point going for any of those three, Celtic need a proven goalscorer, someone that can go straight into the team and make a difference, Penny pinching again and it will cost them the title, once again Lennon shows a lack of balls in standing up to Lawwell, he will always be a yes man, Lawwells puppet.

Another x3 French Eddies would do Merry Christmas

 

[grahamer67]

As much as I dont like Lennon as a manager that much, there has been more positives than negatives in his second spell at the helm, so credit to him for that, hopefully he does add a few quality additions in January and a decent striker who can hit the ground running is among them, Rangers pose a real threat this year to 10 in a row so a win in the upcoming old firm game is a must, if they cant stop us this season, then they will be going all out next season, even though they need more investment, I see they are opening another new shares scheme in the new year, so Celts will need to try and bring in some decent players for the long haul.