Celtic should sign £5m Chelsea striker next summer | OneFootball

Celtic are expected to try and sign a striker next summer. That is what the speculation is at this point in time. The club failed to bring in a replacement for Kyogo Furuhashi in the winter transfer window after the Japanese international left in the middle of the campaign to join Rennes in a £10 million move.

Celtic were linked with a number of strikers in the winter. David Strelec, Kelechi Iheanacho, Danny Ings and Mathias Kvistgaarden are just some of them.

If Celtic are looking for a highly-rated striker, perhaps they could find their answer at Stamford Bridge. Marc Guiu was signed by Chelsea from FC Barcelona last summer for a transfer fee believed to be around £5 million.

Opportunities have been hard to come by at Stamford Bridge though. But despite that, Guiu has made the most of the chances that have come his way. The UEFA Conference League is the only competition in which he has gotten some consistent game time. In six appearance there, he has scored six goals, including a hattrick against Shamrock Rovers.

Celtic should sign £5m Chelsea striker next summer

Someone like Guiu could be a solid short-term, and potentially long-term, addition for Celtic. He certainly knows his way to the back of the net.

One would imagine that Chelsea would be open to the idea of loaning out Guiu in the summer. And the chance to compete for trophies and play at the Champions League level in front of the Celtic fans might be an attractive one for the 19-year-old striker.

Also, considering the Blues only paid a £5 million transfer fee to sign him, perhaps a reasonable option to buy could be included in a loan deal as well. Let's see what the future holds for the Spaniard.

Guiu played for FC Barcelona at the senior level as well before joining Chelsea. In 7 appearances for the Spanish club, he scored twice.