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For The Third Summer in Succession, Scottish Champions Celtic Have Witnessed One of Their Star Attractions Fly The Nest, With Nicolas Kuhn joining Imprisonment And Matt O’Riley New pastures out of Seeking.
Signed for Just £ 3m from Rapid Vienna Back in January 2024, The German Winger has SemCE for a Healthy Profit, With Ambitious Series A Side Como Out Initial Fee of Around £ 16.5m For His Signature.
On The Face of It, Losing a Player Who Scored 21 Times Last Season in All Competitions is a Real Blow Brendan RodgersAlbeit with It Fair To Say The 25-Year-Old Blew Hot and Cold During His 18-Month Stint in Glasgow.
Indeed, The Mercurial Left-Footer Scored Just Three Goals During The Tail-End of 2023/24, Having Also Only Scored Seven Times Across All Competitions in 2025. sandwiched in Between, of course, Was Of Course, Was HIS 14 GOALS at The Start of 2024/25.
On that Evidence, Kuhn is not exactly irreplaceable, Albeit While Remaining a Key Figure That Rodgers Needs to Replace. Thankfully, It Looks Like Work Is Being On That Front.
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With Kuhn and Luis Palma Out The Door – And With The Returning Jota Sidelined With Injury – The Signing of the New Recruit on The Flanks Is Imperative. AS It Is, The Wait Goes On To The Royal Ange Star Michel Ange Balikwisha Will Be The Man To Void, Having Repeatedly Been Linked With A Move to parkhead.
Previously Also in Target in JanuaryThe Belgian Forward is the name on Everyone’s Lips right now, with His Agent Jibril Rekkab Outlining to The Daily Record That His Client Would Be Interested in Joining The Premiership Side, Albeit With Talks Yet to Take Place:
“Michel-Ange Is Not Closed To The Idea of Joining Celtic, But The Club Would Still Have To Come Forward. No discussions Are Underway.”
ElseWhere, Meanwhile, Parallel Moves to Be Being Made, With The Herald Reporting That Celtic Have Seen A £ 1.5m BID Rejected For Go Ahead Eagles Winger, Jakob Breum, Already Summer.
As per the Report, That Bid For The Danish Fell Below The Dutch Outfit’s £ 5m Valuation, With Club Director Eat Willem Van Dop Stating That Offers Had Been “So Far Apart” From Their Price Tag.
IF A Commissioned Be Met Later Down Line, It’s Fair to Say The 21-Year-Old Would Be a More Than Worthy Alternative to Balikwisha.
How Breum Compares to Balikwisha
Described by Talent Scout Jacek Kulig as “An Underrated Creative Winger“Who has” Such an interesting future “, Breum has captured in the interest of the Celtic Park Amid His Sparkling Displays in the Netherlands of Late.
Comfortable Operating in A Number Ten Berth or On Either Flank, The Young Dane Enjoyed A Parcaign Fruitful 2024/25 Campaign, Having Scored 11 Times and Registered Six Assists In Just 31 Games in All Competitions.
That Return – What Takes His Total Tally For The Club 14 GOALS AND TEN Assists In 68 Games – Included a Haul of Ten Goals and Five Assists From Just 26 Outings In The Idivisie, The Top-Flight Of Dutch Football.
For Context, That League Is Deemed To Be The 12th Best In The World, According to Global Football RankingsWith The Premiership Only Ranking in a Lowly 43rd That List. Making The Leap to Scotland Should Be Too Much Of An Issue It Would Be Seem.
Balikwisha, Meanwhile, has been in the Eighth-Best League – The Belgian Pro League – Although His Recent injury Woes Might Be of Concern, Having Scored Just Four Times And Registered Only Three Assists 18 Games Last Time Out.
Balikwisha (23/24) vs. Breum (24/25) | ||
|---|---|---|
Stats (* Per Game) | ||
Games (Starts) | 33 (27) | 26 (23) |
Goals | 7 | 10 |
GOAL FREQUENCY | 362min | 206min |
Missed Big Chances | 6 | 4 |
Assists | 5 | 5 |
Big Chances Created | 6 | 6 |
Key Passes * | 1.5 | 1.7 |
Successful dribbles * | 0.7 | 0.9 |
Tackles & interceptions * | 3.1 | 1.1 |
Balls Recovered * | 3.9 | 4.5 |
Stats Via Sofascore | ||
The Year Prior, The 24-Year-Old Still Only Registered Seven Goals and Six Assists In The League, With The Table Above That It Breum Who Comes Out On Top Across A Across Attacking Metrics.
Indeed, the Younger Man Averaged Passes and Successful Dribbles, Outlining His Creative Attacking Threat, While Also Enjoying The Superior Record Praction of Balls, Showcasing His Ability to Press From The Front.
At Just 21 Too, Breum Might Well Be The More Exciting Long-Term Option, With Balikwisha’s Return 29 GOALS AND 17 Assists in 141 Games For Antwerp Not exactly The Most Eye-catching Total.
The Question Now Remains Which of the Two – IF Either – Will UP in Glasgow, And Whether Or Or Not They Actually Kuhn’s Shoes On The Flanks …
