Celtic Closely Monitoring This Swiss Forward: Can The Bhoys Finally Fix Their Striker Crisis This Summer?

Celtic Closely Monitoring This Swiss Forward: Can The Bhoys Finally Fix Their Striker Crisis This Summer? According to a report from Pete O’Rourke , Celtic are closely monitoring Plymouth Argyle striker Lorent Tolaj as they assess their options ahead of what is expected to be a substantial summer transfer window. The Glasgow club are among several sides keeping tabs on the 24-year-old Swiss forward, with Celtic understood to be treating the addition of a new striker as one of their primary objectives for the coming window.

Celtic Eye Plymouth Argyle’s Lorent Tolaj Ahead of Major Summer Rebuild Tolaj joined Plymouth in the summer, making a move from Port Vale after firing them to promotion from EFL League Two last season. Plymouth spent approximately £1. 2 million to bring him to Home Park, and he has since more than repaid that investment.

Tolaj has scored 14 goals in 26 matches in the EFL League One 2025-26 season, averaging 0. 56 goals per 90 minutes, which places him ninth among all League One players who have appeared in at least three matches. The numbers alone do not tell the full story of how quickly he has risen through the English football pyramid.

He joined Aldershot Town in July 2023 and scored 25 goals in the 2023-24 season, winning the National League Player of the Month award for January 2024, before being sold to Port Vale in June 2024, where he was their top scorer as the club won promotion out of League Two. The report notes that despite Celtic’s interest, Plymouth are determined to retain Tolaj, who signed a contract at Plymouth that runs until 30 June 2029. That long-term commitment from Plymouth signals that prising him away will not come cheap, nor easily.