Sondre Orjasaeter

He’ll be one of the first names through the door

 

On deadline day?

 

Nope

 

When the players come back from holidays

 

Nope, just @McChiellini.. trying to will it into existence every so often

 

We were definitely still “monitoring” him a month or so ago.

 

He’s always brought up as us having him in mind this summer when the subject comes up with the guys in the media on SSB, not the ex players but it feels like almost an afterthought not one thats the guy we absolutely want and will go * for leather (well Celtic’s version of that anyway) to bring in.


I think he’d be one we would have no idea about any interest if his side wasn’t so public about it. He done an interview about it as well didn’t he? If it’s the one I’m thinking he is anyway.

There is a * of a lot of players that we do that with through the years. An option, rather than a priority. His fee and our willingness to pay that is not the norm, but that alone makes me feel like we’re finally growing as a club and adjusting our ambition. Long time coming that, we’ve treated transfer fees like it’s 2009 still, and 2009 we treated the market like we were Celtic in the early 90’s. £7m for this guy is it? We would usually be £3m types. But £7m now is probably what we think of as a £3m type level of signing. We’re just finally catching up a bit I think. I hope

 

https://trutactics.substack.com/p/c...ndre-rjaster?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

An interesting read on Sondre here. There are a few write ups on him that all point towards him being a player with real potential.

It is interesting that we have been linked to him, Balikwisha and the guy Puido from Espanyol. If we sign more than one of them I suspect Maeda is for the off.

 

Tbh I'd sign all three of them.

Kuhn is for the off, Forrest is another year older and freeing up Maeda to play through the middle more often.

Jota, Balikwisha, Moro, Orjasaeter and Forrest is decent depth on the wings, especially with Jota out until Christmas.

Maeda and Puado up top as options.

Kvistgaarden to cover all areas.

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Is it very safe to suspect Maeda is off , regardless of any signings or speculation. He hasn't wanted to sit down about a new contract for months and is back in Japan. His agent will have been working on a move for a while .

 

I suspect seeing his new born baby for the 1st time trumped discussions about a new contract tbh

 

What about the 6 months previous ?

 

Did he not only sign a new 4 or 5 year deal the season previous?

 

Yeah

 

Celtic have reopened talks over a potential deal for Sarpsborg winger Sondre Ørjasæter.

It’s understood the Hoops face competition from clubs in Germany and The Netherlands for the 21-year-old, but no concrete offers are on the table as things stand.

Sky Sports News revealed in January that Celtic had a £4.6m bid rejected, with Sarpsborg holding out for a fee of around £7m.

Speaking about the Celtic interest, Ørjasæter said in April: "They were pretty brutal days for me in January. I struggled to sleep.

"I didn't know if I was going to be in Norway or not. "I could have moved at any moment.

"I had to carry my passport with me everywhere."

It’s unclear as to whether Sarpsborg will be more open to selling him this summer.

Celtic are on the hunt for another winger in the transfer window.

Royal Antwerp’s Michel-Ange Balikwisha is also another long-term target for the Scottish champions

 

I think this guy would be good

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Hope we sign him, I mind him from January and the clips of him looked really good, had a natural swagger and skill and class about him, looked really technical on the ball.

 

Pinging @McChiellini..