Kyogo Furuhashi - on final striker shortlist

Kippaxpete said:
As far as I can tell, this is a player who desperately needs shoulder surgery which, once undergone, will put him out of action for around four months. Also, while fairly prolific as a goalscorer, he's only done it in minor leagues. Stranger things have happened but I'd be amazed if there's any truth in these rumours.
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We are looking for a backup striker towards the end of the market. We have a superstar upfront for us that the signing won’t be able to compete with. This is the type of signing we will make I’m sure about it.
 
Wages why's he won't be on much at Celtic so paying 25m and wages if 75k A week is 3.6m a year x 4 year contract is around 40m deal all in for a back up striker who can play in multiple positions too.. one thing with him is he is great technically on the ball link up is good..
 
Surprised he didnt end up at Spurs with Ange. Will be even more surprised if he ends up with us, I do think he is good player though
 
waspish said:
Wages why's he won't be on much at Celtic so paying 25m and wages if 75k A week is 3.6m a year x 4 year contract is around 40m deal all in for a back up striker who can play in multiple positions too.. one thing with him is he is great technically on the ball link up is good..
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£25M?? That is insane.

He joined Celtic for £4.5M 3 seasons ago at age 26.

He performed well scored a lot but he gets shoulder injury problems and will be 30 by January. Transfermarkt valued him at 14M euros.

Spurs tried to sign him in 2023 and the price they talked about was around £16m. Spurs still felt it was a bit more than ideal. No way we are going to pay significantly more when he gets more injury and grows older.

For a reference Danny Ings joined West Ham at 30 years old for £12M + 3M add ons. Home grow. Liverpool on the resume. Plenty PL experiences. Although it did not work well at West Ham it is the market value of a back up striker around 30.
 
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Fits the bill for what we need tbf. Think pep could make a lot of use out of him. It’s just weighing up whether we are better with him or a false nine.
 
Dubciteh said:
Surprised he didnt end up at Spurs with Ange. Will be even more surprised if he ends up with us, I do think he is good player though
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His agent also represents Ange (and Walker). It was his way to ask Celtic to provide a better contract extension. He played pretty same game with us last summer. He used Bayern Munich interest to get a good deal and a sushi dinner for Walker.
 
He might need shoulder surgery, means he'll be out for 4-5 months. No idea why we're going after him?
 
Manchester_lalala said:
I think this would be the weirdest signing for many years. I can only see him playing if Haaland is injured, in which I think we will play with a false 9 and this lad will just be used as a super sub if things aren’t working out.
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I feel like I remember the false nine era of Pep’s tenure very differently to most of the fanbase. I remember nearly everyone we played there being mostly ineffective and eventually it was Gundogan who actually scored the goals to win us the league. I wouldn’t be surprised if the board are reluctant to go back to that system.
 
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