CELTIC fans aren’t too happy with the team’s transfer business this summer.
Even though their club made a MASSIVE profit during the window.
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Supporters have long argued that Kyogo Furuhashi was never adequately replaced when he left for Rennes in January for £10million.
Adam Idah left for Swansea on deadline day – with Kasper Dolberg dramatically SNUBBING a switch to Celtic Park on the same day.
Youngsters Shin Yamada and Callum Osmand arrived in the summer but as it stands they don’t look like ready-made replacements for Kyogo or Idah.
Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton described the window as “the most remarkable of all time” and in terms of his old club, the squad is now WEAKER than it was in May.
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The biggest outlay of the window was the £5.5m they paid for Sebastian Tounekti from Hammarby, a figure they reached after being told to DOUBLE their offer by the Swedish club.
Long-term target Michel-Ange Balikwisha came in for a £4.5m fee and after that, the next biggest outlay was £1.7m for Benjamin Nygren.
Of the summer additions it’s Nygren who has featured most and he looks like he could be the next one on the conveyor belt of players to leave Celtic for a large profit, putting in some impressive performances.
Yamada has made some sub appearances but Osmand has only played for Celtic’s B team so far.
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Kieran Tierney and Ross Doohan were both free agents and Jahmai Simpson-Pusey and Marcelo Saracchi have arrived on loan deals.
When it comes to looking at the net profit then, the main source of the Parkhead club’s huge summer cash boost comes from the £17m sale of Nicolas Kuhn to Como of Serie A.
Idah’s exit saw them bank £6m and they recouped £2.2m for Gustaf Lagerbielke.
Another misfit in Marco Tilio left for £1.3m and Nice paid £200,000 for Kwon Hyeok-kyu.
Several others left on loan: Josh Clarke, Adam Montgomery, Maik Nawrocki and Luis Palma.
Greg Taylor and Scott Bain both departed as free agents.
In total, the amount spent adds up to £13.1m and the amount received is a cool £26.7m.
That means the net profit for the club stands at £13.6m.
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