Mohamed Toure – A £2.4m striker Celtic could easily have signed

4 million, yet we were willing to pay much more for Joel Mvuka… Our much publicised failings in the transfer market are one of the leading causes for our current woes on the park, if not the leading cause altogether. During the last few transfer windows we have failed to bring in any one of any real quality, especially when it comes to the centre forward position. It’s an area in the team that’s been severely neglected, and a major reason as to why we’ve had to endure such a turbulent campaign.

Last summer Celtic failed to bring in a centre forward capable of scoring goals as we missed out on names such as Kasper Dolberg, David Sterlec, and Mathias Kvistgaarden. Players who would have undoubtedly improved our powderpuff frontline. In the end we reacted by bringing in free agent Kelechi Iheanacho, who despite doing his best, has had his campaign interrupted by injury, and clearly isn’t one hundred percent fit.

His two goals at Hampden yesterday shows that the Nigerian striker has the quality, his problem is fitness related and if he can stay fit for the last half-dozen games he could end up as a Celtic hero. Alex Gogic of St Mirren battles with Tomas Cvancara of Celtic during the ScottishPremiership between Celtic and St. Mirren at Celtic Park on April 11, 2026.

(Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images) The January transfer window was the time to make amends, but alas we failed miserably once again, as we were forced into bringing in a trio of loan players, such as Tomas Cvancara, Junior Adamu, and Joel Mvuka. All three were available for yesterday’s Scottish Cup semi-final yet none of them even made it onto the Celtic bench. All three have failed to make an impression, or in the case of Adamu and Joel Mvuka, aren’t even considered good enough for a place in recent squads.