{"id":115825,"date":"2025-09-03T03:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T03:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/115825\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T03:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T03:55:15","slug":"swansea-add-again-after-celtics-late-move-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/115825\/","title":{"rendered":"Swansea Add Again After Celtic\u2019s Late Move Collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swansea City have announced the loan signing of Manuel Benson from Burnley, just a day after sealing Adam Idah\u2019s permanent move from Celtic.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic had looked at Benson as a possible late signing during the final days of the window, but the club failed to get a deal agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Swansea moved quickly and have now confirmed the Belgian winger, following up on their deadline-day capture of Idah for \u00a37 million.<\/p>\n<p>Benson arrives in Wales after struggling for regular football at Burnley.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f We are pleased to announce the signing of Manuel Benson on loan from Burnley, subject to international clearance.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f4Eq5MO3Nk\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/f4Eq5MO3Nk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wn8ybGRzqT\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Wn8ybGRzqT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwansOfficial\/status\/1962939329824653499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">September 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old will now join up <a href=\"https:\/\/celtsarehere.com\/adam-idah-risks-celtic-fan-fury-with-brutal-admission\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with Idah, who became a fan favourite at Celtic during his initial loan spell but left on deadline day after failing to hit the same heights once his \u00a39.5 million permanent transfer went through last summer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Swansea, the two deals give their squad a clear boost. Benson brings pace and creativity on the wing, while Idah offers power through the middle \u2013 a partnership that could be key to their promotion hopes.<\/p>\n<p>For Celtic, the picture is less positive. The Hoops lost Idah and missed out on Benson, while also seeing striker targets Kasper Dolberg and David Datro Fofana go elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2024-06-25T000000Z_1943043833_UP1EK6P1M2DJ6_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-EURO-DNK-SRB-REPORT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2233\" height=\"1620\"  \/>Soccer Football \u2013 Euro 2024 \u2013 Group D \u2013 Denmark v Serbia \u2013 Munich Football Arena, Munich, Germany \u2013 June 25, 2024 Denmark\u2019s Kasper Dolberg in action REUTERS\/Leonhard Simon<\/p>\n<p>A late move for Kelechi Iheanacho came too late to solve the shortage before the deadline passed.<\/p>\n<p>The sight of both Idah and Benson unveiled by Swansea in the space of 24 hours shows the difference in how the clubs handled their business. While the Championship side added two proven attacking options, Celtic ended the summer window short of the reinforcements Brendan <a data-autolink-id=\"13\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/celtsarehere.com\/brendan-rodgers-glasgow-celtic-2-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rodgers<\/a> had pushed for.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/celtsarehere.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EXTRA-TIME-CELTSAREHERE.png\" alt=\"Tees for Tims\" width=\"100%\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swansea City have announced the loan signing of Manuel Benson from Burnley, just a day after sealing Adam&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-115825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}