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Tue 18 November 2025 19:00, UK <\/p>\n
Celtic are working to bring in a new centre-forward in the January transfer window, sources have told Football Insider.<\/p>\n
Wilfried Nancy is expected to be appointed<\/a> by the Glasgow giants in the coming days, coming in from MLS side Columbus Crew as Brendan Rodgers\u2019 permanent replacement.<\/p>\n Martin O\u2019Neill has been in temporary charge<\/a>\u00a0of the Hoops since Rodgers\u2019 departure, and they currently sit second in the Scottish Premiership, seven points adrift of Hearts with a game in hand.<\/p>\n However, Celtic<\/a> are lacking firepower up front and sources say that they will look to address their striking problems when the window reopens.<\/p>\n Kelechi Iheanacho made the move to Celtic<\/a> as a free agent back in September, but the former Leicester City striker is currently out injured.<\/p>\n It means that the Glasgow giants are still searching for someone to fill the void left by\u00a0Kyogo Furuhashi, who departed for Rennes last January<\/a>.<\/p>\n Johnny Kenny has started up front for the majority of games under O\u2019Neill and has been scoring goals.<\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n However, Celtic feel that they need another proven goalscorer in the squad in order to challenge Hearts at the top of the Scottish Premiership.<\/p>\n Wilfried Nancy to raid MLS after Celtic appointment<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Nancy is likely to utilise the MLS market<\/a> if he takes over at Celtic,\u00a0sources have told Football Insider.<\/p>\n Ahead of Nancy\u2019s expected appointment at Parkhead, Columbus Crew forward\u00a0Diego Rossi has been linked with Celtic<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rossi scored 16 goals and picked up five assists in the MLS last season and has previously hinted at a desire to return to Europe.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old spent two seasons with Turkish side Fenerbahce between 2021 and 2023.<\/p>\n For more Celtic and exclusive news, follow us on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or join our brand new\u00a0WhatsApp Channel<\/a>\u00a0for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Manh Tung, Breaking Media\/Getty) Tue 18 November 2025 19:00, UK Celtic are working to bring in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[10043,218,55591,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-271320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-celtic","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kelechi-iheanacho","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Wilfried](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nancy-2-1024x683.jpg\")
Credit: ImagoCeltic have big issues at centre forward<\/p>\n![\"Diego](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Diego-Rossi-1024x683.jpg\")
Credit: Imago<\/p>\n