Transfer Deadline Day with Andy Muirhead
Until 23:00 join Andy Muirhead for coverage of the comings and goings at Celtic Park on transfer deadline day.
20:29 Sky Sports report that Celtic are interested in former Arsenal and Liverpool midfielder Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain.
19:45 Celtic’s £3m deal for Lorient winger Joel Mvuka seems to have collapsed at the 11th hour, after the player reportedly failed his medical.
19:30 Celtic striker Johnny Kenny has joined Bolton Wanderers on loan until the end of the season.
18:08 Celtic have announced the signing of Austrian internationalist, Junior Adamu, who has joined the club on loan from SC Freiburg until the end of the season, with an option to buy.
17:53 Nottingham Forest will not approach Celtic with a fourth bid for midfielder Arne Engels, after the Scottish champions rejected £20 million plus £5 million add-ons in their last offer.
17:33 Brentford defender Benjamin Arthur is set to complete a loan move to Celtic until the end of the season. If the move transpires then that could signal a return to Fir Park for defender Stephen Welsh.
17:31 It is being reported by @thecelticway that Junior Adamu and Joel Mvuta have completed their medicals ahead of their moves to Celtic. Both players now in Glasgow, ready to be unveiled before tonight’s 11pm deadline.
16:38 Celtic have rejected a third bid from Nottingham Forest worth up to £25 million to sign midfielder Arne Engels. Celtic have stated they do not have plans to sell the 22 year old this window.
16:15 Nottingham Forest have lodged a third bid to sign Celtic midfielder Arne Engels, after seeing two previous bids rejected by the Scottish champions. The English Premier League side have reported offered £20 million plus £5 million on add-ons to secure the Belgian international’s services.
16:09 Bolton Wanderers are reportedly back in to sign Celtic striker Johnny Kenny after failing to sign him in the summer for £500,000. The English side are looking to sign the striker on loan until the end of the season with an option to buy.
It’s D-Day for the Celtic board. Having made two signings already this window, it is imperative that Martin O’Neill is given the players to help secure Celtic’s fifth title in a row this May - after a first half of a season that would have ended any other club’s title challenge.
January Transfer Window Ins
Julian Araujo - (Bournemouth - Loan)
Tomas Cvancara - (Borussia Monchengladbach - Loan with Option to Buy)
Junior Adamu - (SC Freiburg - Loan with Option to Buy)
January Transfer Window Outs
Jahmai Simpson-Pusey - (Man City - Recalled from Loan)
Shin Yamada - (Preussen Munster - Loan)
Ben Summers - (Ayr United)