Adam Idah

If the deal was more up to 5million with addons and such would make a bit more sense.
But tbh these days a 5mil players is what we would have wasted on the wasted strikers of the past for 2 million.
Celtic seem to think inflation doesn't exist.....at least when buying players and wages.
Different story for merch and tickets

 

CELTIC will have to stump up at least £5million to land striker Adam Idah this summer.

SunSport understands that’s the minimum price tag Norwich City are set to slap on the on-loan Republic of Ireland star


Idah, 23, has made a decent impact at Celtic Park since arriving from Carrow Road in January.

The Canaries hitman has scored seven goals in 14 appearances, despite mostly being used as back-up to Kyogo Furuhashi.

Idah has weighed in with crucial strikes against Rangers, Hibs and Motherwell at key stages in the title race.

Hoops boss Brendan Rodgers has confirmed they will make a call on a permanent bid at the end of the season


Idah still has four years remaining on his Norwich contract but is expected to be allowed to leave for the right fee.

Canaries chiefs believe he is worth at least £5m but much could depend on the level of interest in the powerful striker.

Italian top-flight side Hellas Verona came close to a January loan deal before Idah agreed a move to Celtic.

The Norwich man is also likely to have other suitors in the Championship come this summer.



Rodgers recently admitted he would assess Celtic’s position on Idah in the coming weeks.

But he confirmed the Hoops do not have a specific loan-to-buy fee.


Rodgers said: “Adam thrives on the pressure here and has a hunger to improve.

“So we’ll assess that at the end of the season. It’s not all in our hands.”


Asked about his own future last month, Idah revealed he has parked all talks until the end of the season.

He said: “I honestly haven’t looked into what I am going to do.

“My main focus has been on finishing the season and winning as many games as possible.

“That’s the main target for me and the team.


I don’t know about other players, but if I look too far ahead it can affect me on the pitch.

“I want to finish the season on a high and then see what happens.”

 

If we went ahead and bought him then that's our strikers fir next season. Would you be happy with that?.. I wouldn't.
I doubt very much we would buy another if he signed

 

He's pretty * and if he was to be the limit of our striker ambition it would be an abysmal window.

 

I had thought £9m was being bandied around shortly after he arrived which seemed crazy. If the true number is £5m then that is reasonable for a player who should only get better.....but as said earlier, buy him and that would be us done....
Genuinely swithering between being content with him and Kyogo as the pairing....or do you twist on someone different who "might" be better......

 

If he was 27 like Iwata, I would be against paying that much. At 23, with plenty of development potential and a realistic chance of at least recouping the fee in a few years, I think it's a pretty reasonable fee.

 

If he can get into double figures fir us this season then he might be worth it, also depends in how vital these 3 remaining goals would be.

If They're winners against the huns, killie and hearts then great.
If its a hat trick in a 6-0 thumping of st. Mirren on the last day then no.

 

Pass. £5m is too much.

Albeit, the way Rodgers talks about him I wouldn't be surprised if we go for it.

 

Given what he has produced so far and his age profile I would be happy to see us sign him on a long term deal for 5m.

 

I don't think 5m is too much, I don't think you get much these days for 5m with a striker.

 

For us it is. He's not shown enough in front of goal to suggest he should be our main man, and we're not in a position to spend £5m on a back up or plan B option.

I'd rather we spent an extra couple of million on someone more convincing, with a better goal return.

 

He is not worth 5 million, look elsewhere Celtic for better value for money.

 

£5million?? Look, I'm a fan of Oh Hyeon-gyu whom Idah is ruining, but £5million is cheap for a player from England who has scored a decent amount of goals for us, including a crucial goal at Ibrox. Unless Rodgers is leaving, we should pay the money now, before someone at Norwich realizes they forgot to put a 1 before the 5 on the price tag, which any * player in England goes for.

If Rodgers will leave,then there's no point in foisting a player on his successor.

 

I'd take him for that. Ship OH out for £2m and its a done deal. Someone even better comes along then go for it. Kyogo has been far from impressive, so imo needs big money spent replacing him.

 

If we dont take him for 5 million im guessing someone will and we could be kicking ourselves.
Of course he could turn out to be * but as things stand he,s shown us that hes has something about him and with the correct coaching could develope into a really good player.

The thing is for the money we are looking at spending (5 mijjion)who ever we bring will be a bit of a risk and at least with idah we know hes not a complete dud.

 

Being better than Oh doesn’t mean he’s good enough

 

Worth the quoted fee no doubt. It’s not a lot of money, our board have brainwashed supporters into thinking it’s a lot of money and we can’t afford it. Lennon cost £6 or thereabouts. The manager likes him, that’ll do for me. Not a risky signing, the club no what we would be getting.

 

Think the board have brainwashed some of our supporters if you think 5 million is alot these days and buying £2 or £3 million players over the last 15 years show that .
Even 3rd division teams in England are spending more than that on a player and we really need to increase our transfer and wage structure up or we are staying in mediocrity for the next decade.
If we win the league we will have over £100 million in the bank and no excuse for this board to push the boat out and bring in a few quality players for the champions league.

 

£5m is too much for me. We can get better elsewhere for the same price. The question is, will we? I don't have much faith in our scouting just now, especially with Rodgers in charge.