{"id":769761,"date":"2026-07-18T06:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T06:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/769761\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T06:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T06:29:13","slug":"celtic-french-runners-up-lens-sign-perfect-fit-maik-nawrocki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/769761\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic: French runners-up Lens sign &#8216;perfect fit&#8217; Maik Nawrocki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">French top-flight runners-up Lens have signed Maik Nawrocki from Celtic, saying the 25-year-old is the perfect fit for their three-man central defence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The former Poland Under-21 international had spent last season on loan to Hannover 96 as they finished fourth in Germany&#8217;s second tier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But he did not feature in Celtic manager Martin O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s plans and the Scottish champions have struck a deal with Lens for his permanent departure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lens sporting director Jean-Louis Leca told his club website: &#8220;Maik is a tough, uncompromising defender who understands the demands of playing in a back three and fits perfectly into our style of play thanks to his comfort on the ball. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He cuts an imposing figure and will bring both athletic power and aerial prowess to the team. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;At 25, he still has plenty of room for growth and we believe he will develop significantly here under a coaching staff that really values \u200b\u200bhis profile.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic bought Nawrocki from Legia Warsaw in 2023, but he made only 18 appearances, 12 of them starts, his last being in a 5-1 win over Aberdeen in May 2025 when he also scored his one and only goal for the Glasgow club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"French top-flight runners-up Lens have signed Maik Nawrocki from Celtic, saying the 25-year-old is the perfect fit for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-769761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}