Celtic sold “powerful” flop for just £1.4m, now he’s on par with Adam Idah

Celtic moved three factors away from their nearest rivals, Aberdeen, within the Scottish Premiership with a 4-1 win over Hearts away from Parkhead on Saturday.

The Dons and Rangers each dropped factors on the weekend and because of this the Hoops at the moment are 11 factors forward of Philippe Clement’s males and three factors forward of second place.

Brendan Rodgers gained the Premiership title and the SFA Cup in his first season again in Glasgow and is now charging in the direction of extra items of silverware this time period.

The Scottish giants have a League Cup ultimate conflict with Rangers at Hampden Park subsequent month to sit up for and are on track to make the play-off stage of the Champions League, having gained two of their first 4 matches within the competitors.

Issues are trying nice for Celtic proper now and their work within the switch market through the summer time window has performed a job in that, after the likes of Auston Trusty, Kasper Schmeichel, Arne Engels, and Paulo Bernardo have been all introduced in.

Centre-forward Adam Idah joined on a everlasting deal from Norwich Metropolis after his mortgage spell within the second half of final season and scored twice within the 4-1 win over Hearts on Saturday.

Adam Idah’s kind this season

Rodgers swooped to deliver the Eire worldwide again to Parkhead on a everlasting foundation in the summertime and it was not a deal that got here low cost for the Hoops.

Sky Sports activities reported that Celtic agreed an preliminary price of £8.5m with Norwich to signal the 6 foot 3 marksman, with an extra £1m in potential add-ons that would take it to £9.5m in complete.

On the age of 23, Idah nonetheless has loads of time to develop and show that the membership have been proper to spend that type of cash on him, however he’s but to nail down an everyday place within the beginning XI underneath Rodgers, with seven targets in 17 outings in all competitions.

The ahead scored eight targets in 15 Premiership outings throughout his mortgage spell final season and solely began 5 of these matches. It was a powerful return, given his lack of begins, however he has to discover a method to get into the line-up forward of Kyogo Furuhashi.

As you’ll be able to see within the desk above, the Canaries academy graduate has been way more medical than the Japan worldwide, who has missed a whopping 14 ‘huge probabilities’.

Nevertheless, Idah has supplied little in the best way of creativity for his teammates, compared to Kyogo, and which may be what he must work on to be able to nail down a spot within the XI.

While it stays to be seen whether or not or not the Irishman will go on to show his value in a Celtic shirt, there’s a former Hoops marksman whose kind has been on par with Idah’s, regardless of being bought for a lot lower than the ex-Norwich star was purchased for.

How a lot Celtic bought Vakoun Bayo for

In the summertime of 2021, Belgian aspect Gent swooped in to signal Vakoun Bayo from the Scottish giants for a reported price of £1.4m, after Toulouse have been unwilling to match the asking value.

That got here simply over two years after Rodgers, throughout his first spell, had signed the Ivorian ahead from Slovakian aspect Dunajska Streda for a reported price of £2m in January 2019, after a return of twenty-two targets and 9 assists in 32 video games for his earlier membership.

Sadly, although, Bayo was unable to hold over his chic goalscoring kind from Slovakia over to the Premiership for Celtic, and struggled at Parkhead.

The Ivory Coast worldwide, who was hailed as “highly effective” by Chris Sutton, managed simply two targets and one help in 17 appearances throughout all competitions in his first yr with the Scottish giants, which included zero targets in 9 outings within the top-flight.

Bayo was then despatched out on mortgage to Toulouse within the second tier of French soccer and loved a strong season, with 13 targets and 4 assists in 36 video games in all competitions.

That, nevertheless, was not sufficient to earn him a second probability at Paradise, because the membership determined that the striker wouldn’t be part of their plans and he was bought for simply £1.4m.

The place Vakoun Bayo is now

On the time of writing (26/11/2024), Bayo is presently on mortgage with Watford within the English Championship from Italian aspect Udinese, who that they had bought the ahead to earlier this summer time.

He has had an odd profession since leaving Celtic. The striker spent six months at Gent earlier than becoming a member of Charleroi SC on mortgage, which resulted in a everlasting switch to the Belgian aspect in the summertime of 2022.

Watford then signed him from Charleroi someday later and he spent 5 months with the Hornets, earlier than going again to Charleroi on mortgage for the second half of the 2022/23 marketing campaign.

Bayo was then a everlasting Watford participant for the entire of final season earlier than being bought to Udinese in the summertime of 2024, after which loaned again to the Hornets for the present time period.

The 27-year-old has, nevertheless, made a robust begin to the present marketing campaign and is presently degree with Adam Idah for targets in all competitions, with each gamers on seven.

As you’ll be able to see within the desk above, Bayo is presently offering a much bigger menace within the ultimate third at Championship degree than the Irishman did for Norwich in his final season with the Canaries earlier than his preliminary mortgage transfer to Parkhead.

The Watford star has scored seven targets in all competitions, all coming within the league, and because of this he has been on par with the Hoops marksman, who has additionally discovered the again of the web seven instances.

While it’s laborious to say whether or not or not Bayo would have been a hit with extra alternatives in Scotland, Celtic could remorse cashing in on him for simply £1.4m, notably given Watford spent £5m to signal him in 2022.