Celtic have made an enquiry for West Ham striker Callum Wilson as they proceed to scramble for brand spanking new recruits within the January switch window.
The 33-year-old England worldwide is within the strategy of cancelling his contract with the Premier League membership and is predicted to develop into a free agent over the following few days.
Ex-Newcastle star Wilson had already been linked with the Parkhead facet this month, however Everton are weighing up a proposal together with Saudi Arabian golf equipment.
He has not appeared in West Ham supervisor Nuno Espirito Santo’s final two matchday squads after slipping down the pecking order behind new arrivals Taty Castellanos and Pablo.
Celtic have now made an preliminary enquiry, having didn’t adequately exchange strikers Kyogo Furuhashi and Adam Idah since they left the membership final 12 months.
Boss Martin O’Neill admitted after Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Falkirk that signing a brand new hit-man is amongst his priorities as he prepares for a three-way title race with Hearts and Rangers.
Celtic have made enquiry for West Ham and England striker Callum Wilson
Celtic boss Martin O’Neill admits that discovering a centre ahead is one in every of his priorities
‘You’ll be able to inform that we undoubtedly must get a centre-forward,’ stated the 73-year-old Northern Irishman. ‘Younger Johnny Kenny has achieved actually tremendous within the video games however I believe it’s actually harsh to place that sort of stress on a younger lad.’
The champions have additionally been linked with a transfer for David Datro Fofana, Chelsea’s Ivory Coast worldwide who is about to have his mortgage at Turkish facet Fatih Karagumruk lower brief, and Croatian ahead Franko Kovacevic, who performs with NK Celje in Slovenia.
Regardless of evidently needing contemporary faces everywhere in the park, Celtic have arrived in mid-January with the mortgage signing of Julian Araujo the sum whole of their enterprise up to now.
In the meantime, Benjamin Nygren has warned that Celtic are at risk of dropping essential factors within the title race if their performances don’t enhance quickly.
The Swede scored the one purpose of the sport towards the Bairns, guaranteeing Celtic remained six factors behind leaders Hearts in second place.
The general show, although, was in sharp distinction to the four-goal win over Dundee United on O’Neill’s return to the dug-out final Saturday.
Benjamin Nygren scored the one purpose of the sport towards Falkirk this week, however admitted the champions have to enhance their performances
Celtic face Auchinleck Talbot within the Scottish Cup on Sunday, adopted by Bologna within the Europa League and a visit to Tynecastle.
Nygren conceded that the crew will run out of luck if there isn’t a marked enchancment from the final show.
‘Everyone knows that we have to put in stronger performances to win video games,’ he stated. ‘In the present day was not adequate. We can’t proceed with performances like this, however we obtained the win and we’re very happy with that. For certain, I can provide Falkirk some credit score. They performed recreation, however we didn’t.’
