Idah delivered but still chased, Dolberg should be a decent signing

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·29. August 2025

Idah delivered but still chased, Dolberg should be a decent signing

Adam Idah is nearing the end of his short Celtic career after a £7 million bid from English championship side Swansea City has been reported to have been accepted…

Adam Idah scores at Rugby Park as Celtic wrap up the title. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star

A real difference maker in his first four months at the club, Idah scored some crucial goals that helped tip a tight Celtic race against Philippe Clement’s theRangers in Celtic’s favour. He then came off the bench in the against the same mob to score the only goal of the game in the 2024 Scottish Cup final.

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Adam Idah scores the winner for Celtic in the 2024 Scottish Cup Final against theRangers at Hampden. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star

Idah followed that us with 20 goals last season, mostly after coming on from the bench as he played the second striker role behind firstly want-away Kyogo and then Daizen Maeda.

Three league games in and a penalty shoot-out miss in the Champions League play-off and Idah’s away, a victim of an incessant online attack from our support, worse than Scales gets and also Arne Engels from these authors of our own misfortune.

Idah’s price tag was the problem, but that wasn’t his fault

Idah’s price tag was the problem, as indeed is Engels’. Neither player set the transfer fees paid and in Adam’s case the nature of the deal Celtic did to bring him up from Norwich, where he was third choice striker and rather optimistically valued at £3m, meant that the Carrow Road club were able to extract another £5m from Celtic due to how well Idah had done in Glasgow.

Adam Idah with the Scottish Cup on 25 May 2024, after Celtic’s 1-0 win over theRangers in the final at Hampden Park. Photo Vagelis Georgariou

When you strip out the add-ons Celtic will just about have broken even on buying then selling Idah, so that lost money concern was effectively nonsense, as indeed would be the case if Engels is also chased out the door.

With Adam now likely to leave in the next 48 hours it’s crucial we get a replacement or two in the door especially with the clock running down on the transfer window.

Anderlecht striker Kasper Dolberg appears to be coming in

Reports have indicated that we are looking to make a bid of £8 million for Anderlecht striker Kasper Dolberg. If true then we can only applaud our club’s ambitions for once as he would prove to be a tremendous signing in my opinion.

Kasper Dolberg of Denmark looks on during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group D match between Denmark and Tunisia at Education City Stadium on November 22, 2022 in Al Rayyan, Qatar. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Dolberg 27 is an experienced international striker who’s entering the peak years of his career, not exactly the type of player we usual splash the cash on, so it’s a bit of a surprise to say the least.

6ft 2in Dolberg is not only proven on the international stage, but at club level with Ajax, Nice, and Anderlecht, with a career record of 115 goals in 323 games. He’s a proven experienced goalscorer, he’s exactly what we need.

Adam Idah of Celtic appears dejected after missing a penalty during the shootout Kairat Almaty v Celtic, UEFA Champions League, Play-Off Round, Second Leg, Football, Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan – 26 August 2025. Photo Nikita Bassov/Shutterstock

Get it done Celtic and the best of luck to Adam Idah, a player who gave everything, delivered but ultimately was disrespected and his confidence destroyed by trolls and keyboard experts within our own ranks. They’ll be happy this morning.

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