Expectations were high at the start of the summer as Celtic were able to get deals over the line for players like Kieran Tierney and Benjamin Nygren. It did not take long for that early optimism to fade away though as the Hoops struggled to get deals over the line for the next several weeks. And by the end of it, this could very well go down as the club's worst transfer window in history.
Celtic did the unthinkable on deadline day. They sanctioned Adam Idah's move to Swansea City and then failed to bring in a replacement, exactly what Brendan Rodgers had said they would not be doing.
Now, the club find themselves in a terrible spot and need to sign a striker somewhere, although the options available as free agents won't fill any fan with excitement. It is believed that they have revisited their interest in Kelechi Iheanacho. But he is not the only former Premier League centre-forward on their radar.
As reported by The Herald, Celtic have made contact with Patrick Bamford over a potential move to Glasgow. The Scottish champions have also been in touch with the English striker, who ended his seven-year stint at Leeds by mutual consent last week.
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Celtic ending up making a move for Bamford had been a tongue-in-cheek joke all over social media in the last few days of the transfer window. After the deadline, it has become reality.
That is the situation that the club find themselves in at this point in time. And it is unclear who they will end up signing.
A UEFA deadline is coming up as well and it is very possible that the Hoops will end up missing that as well. This is absolutely the worst-case scenario.