{"id":699719,"date":"2026-07-19T09:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/699719\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T09:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:21:10","slug":"celtic-linked-striker-closing-in-on-4m-efl-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/699719\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic-linked striker &#8216;closing in&#8217; on \u00a34m EFL transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Scottish Premiership champions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/25882874.celtic-eye-efl-league-one-double-transfer-swoop-bargain\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">were previously said<\/a> to be leading the chase for the 24-year-old&#8217;s signature.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tolaj scored 21 goals in 35 Plymouth appearances last season as they finished eighth in English League One.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  His club are now said to have agreed a deal worth \u00a34m plus add-ons with Championship outfit Bristol, and a medical is set.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Bristol City are closing in on the signing of Plymouth Argyle striker Lorent Tolaj.<\/p>\n<p>The clubs have agreed a fee of \u00a34m, plus add-ons.<\/p>\n<p>Tolaj, 24, has also completed a medical.<\/p>\n<p>He had 30 goal contributions last season in all competitions &#8211; scoring 22 and providing eight assists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sxm5IJfaa2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Sxm5IJfaa2<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Anthony Joseph (@AnthonyRJoseph) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnthonyRJoseph\/status\/2078540849617481965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 18, 2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/celtic?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Celtic<\/a> remain in the market for attacking reinforcements this summer, even after new arrival Camilo Duran scored his second goal in as many pre-season outings against Middlesbrough yesterday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Read more:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Asked about potential incomings after the 1-1 draw, manager Martin O&#8217;Neill said: &#8220;There has been progress [but] no timeframe. There\u2019s no point saying Monday if they come in on Wednesday instead.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;But what you don\u2019t want to do, as we just found out in one where we thought we had a deal with Iheanacho and it didn\u2019t go, we actually thought it was something we\u2019d sort out.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I don\u2019t want to say something is absolutely until it\u2019s absolutely done, but progress is definitely being made.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/celtic?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Celtic<\/a> play their final pre-season friendly against AC Milan next Saturday before competitive action resumes on Monday, August 3 against Dundee.\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scottish Premiership champions were previously said to be leading the chase for the 24-year-old&#8217;s signature. Tolaj scored&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-699719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699719","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=699719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}