Celtic eye second Norwich City swoop as Portsmouth transfer stance made clear.
Celtic are reportedly interested in signing former Pompey forward Abu Kamara.
The Scottish Premiership side who will compete in the UEFA Champions League this season completed the £8.5m signing of Adam Idah this week following a successful loan spell, and are now looking at his Canaries teammate Kamara. Pete O’Rourke, a reporter for Football Insider said in a Twitter post on Monday evening that the Glasgow giants are monitoring a move for the 21-year-old.
Over the course of the year, Kamara has been linked with several clubs in England such as Southampton, Leicester, Stoke, Brentford, and most recently Hull, and now a move north of the border has been spoken about. Despite all the transfer speculation, Kamara is in the first-team picture at Carrow Road, and with the potential sale of Jonathan Rowe, he could be ready to take a better playing opportunity in Norfolk.
Hide Ad
His 11 assists and 10 goals in League One last term has seen him return to Norwich with a spring in his step and he has worked his way in to Johannes Hoff Thorup’s plans. Kamara came on as a substitute in a 2-0 defeat to Oxford United on Saturday, and then on Tuesday he was influential as his goal and assist helped the Canaries to a 4-3 win over Stevenage.
Norwich City Swoop For Target ‘Is Off’
Norwich City’s swoop for Rennes striker Bertug Yildirim is not happening, according to the BBC.
Having lost Adam Idah to Celtic recently, Norwich boss Johannes Hoff Thorup is keen to add to his attacking options before the window closes.
Norwich had zeroed in on an option in France and were working to get a deal over the line, with a fee agreed for the player
Rennes’ Turkey international Yildirim is the man that Norwich wanted to bring to Carrow Road and they gave him a medical.
That move though will not happen and the Canaries’ swoop for the 22-year-old ‘is off’, likely due to the medical results.
Rennes only signed the Turk last summer and he signed a five-year contract with the Ligue 1 club.
Yildirim featured only sporadically though and despite turning out in 21 Ligue 1 games he accumulated just 453 minutes of football
It remains to be seen where Norwich will look next as they try to hand Thorup extra firepower before the end of the month.
