- Guardiola eager to bolster hanging choices after departure of Alvarez to Atletico Madrid
- Celtic would search for a price of round £20m for 29-year-old Japanese striker
- Kyogo arrived at Celtic in 2021 and is contracted till 2027
- Furuhashi has scored 73 targets in 135 video games and received seven main honours with Celtic
Kyogo Furuhashi might be set for a shocking transfer to Manchester Metropolis with the Celtic ahead excessive on a shortlist of names to interchange Julian Alvarez.
The English champions are contemplating their choices after their World Cup-winning Argentinian striker competed his £82million switch to Atletico Madrid following Liam Delap’s change to Ipswich City.
Now quick on cowl for Erling Haaland, supervisor Pep Guardiola is believed to have recognized Kyogo as a potential choice.
Whereas no formal bid has but been lodged for the 29-year-old, Metropolis’s curiosity within the participant is alleged to be real with a transfer potential within the coming days.
Celtic striker Kyogo has attracted curiosity from English champions Manchester Metropolis
Pep Guardiola wants hanging reinforcements and is eyeing a transfer for Kyogo
Manchester Metropolis are quick on cowl for famous person striker Erling Haaland
Whereas Brendan Rodgers is an enormous admire of a participant he lately described as ‘an elite striker’, the membership could be unlikely to dam on any deal if Metropolis got here to the desk with greater than £20m.
The Japan worldwide has been an enormous success at Parkhead since becoming a member of beneath Ange Postecoglou in 2021 from Vissel Kobe.
Kyogo, who signed a brand new four-year deal at Celtic till 2027 final summer season, has scored 73 targets in 135 video games and received seven main honours.
Rodgers has strengthened the ahead place this summer season with the £8.5m signing of Adam Idah from Norwich.
Though Daizen Maeda scored a double whereas enjoying by way of the center towards Hibernian on Sunday, the departure of Kyogo would require the supervisor to maneuver for an additional striker.
Kyogo missed that sport as a result of an ongoing shoulder difficulty which Rodgers admitted might solely be resolved with surgical procedure.
Rodgers is eager so as to add high quality to his squad forward of their Champions League marketing campaign
Celtic have secured former mortgage striker Adam Idan in a £8.5m deal from Norwich
In the meantime, Mateusz Bogusz has emerged on the newest potential substitute for Matt O’Riley.
Brighton are regarded as finalising a bid greater than £25m that ought to be sufficient to take the Denmark worldwide to the south coast.
Bogusz, who performs for LAFC, has caught Celtic’s consideration after scoring 13 instances from midfield within the MLS.
It’s believed Celtic must pay upwards of £7m for the 22-year-old in the event that they need to shut the deal.
Bogusz got here by way of the ranks at Polish membership Ruch Chorzow earlier than becoming a member of Leeds United in 2019.
He spent 4 years at Elland Highway however solely made one first-team look and was loaned out to Spanish second tier outfit Logrones for 2020-21.
After two additional years on mortgage with Ibiza, he strikes to California on a everlasting deal final 12 months.
Rodgers has additionally been linked with Lausanne’s Alvyn Sanches and Arne Engels of Augsburg as he prepares for all times with out O’Riley.
In the meantime, frozen out defender Yuki Kobayashi is ready to signal for Portuguese aspect Portimonense on a everlasting deal.
