Here, we list all Brendan Rodgers Celtic signings made during his successful two stints as manager.
Brendan Rodgers made a shock return to Celtic in the summer of 2023, replacing treble hero Ange Postecoglou in the hot seat.
The Northern Irishman enjoyed an unprecedented spell of success at the Hoops during his first stint at the club, winning two domestic trebles before leaving halfway through his pursuit of a third for Leicester City in 2019.
Rodgers then decided to resign in October 2025 following a breakdown in relations with the board over a disappointing summer transfer window.
Much of Rodgers’ domination of Scottish football has been down to his shrewd recruitment, with not too much money spent across his first tenure.
But there have been some extremely questionable signings along the way and you’d have to say that theme continued into his second spell.
Below, 67 Hail Hail takes a look at every single Brendan Rodgers Celtic transfer brought to the club since 2016 with a total gross spend at the bottom.
2016/17
Transfers IN:
- Moussa Dembele – Fulham – £500k
- Kolo Toure – Liverpool – free
- Scott Sinclair – Aston Villa – £3.5m
- Dorus de Vries – Nottingham Forest – undisclosed
- Cristian Gamboa – West Bromwich Albion – £1m
- Eboue Kouassi – Krasnodar – £2.8m
TOTAL = £7.8m + undisclosed fee
2017/18
Transfers IN:
- Jonny Hayes – Aberdeen – £1m
- Kundai Benyu – Ipswich Town – undisclosed
- Olivier Ntcham – Manchester City – £4.5m
- Patrick Roberts – Manchester City – loan
- Odsonne Edouard – PSG – loan
- Marvin Compper – RB Leipzig – £1m
- Lewis Morgan – St Mirren – £300k
- Charly Musonda – Chelsea – loan
- Scott Bain – Dundee – loan
- Jack Hendry – Dundee – £1.5m
- Leo Mazis – Belconnen United – undisclosed
TOTAL = £8.3m + undisclosed fees
2018/19
Transfers IN:
- Scott Bain – Dundee – free
- Odsonne Edouard – PSG – £9m
- Emilio Izaguirre – Al-Fayha – free
- Daniel Arzani – Manchester City – loan
- Youssouf Mulumbu – Kilmarnock – free
- Filip Benkovic – Leicester City – loan
- Armstrong Oko-Flex – Arsenal – undisclosed
- Oliver Burke – West Bromwich Albion – loan
- Timothy Weah – PSG – loan
- Vakoun Issouf Bayo – Dunajska Streda – £2m
- Marian Shved – Karpaty Lviv – £1.7m
- Andrew Gutman – Indiana Hoosiers – undisclosed
- Manny Perez – NC State Wolfpack – undisclosed
- Jeremy Toljan – Borussia Dortmund – loan
TOTAL = £12.7m + undisclosed fees
2023/24
Transfers IN:
- Odin Thiago Holm – Valarenga – £2.6m
- Marco Tilio – Melbourne City – £1.5m
- Yang Hyun-jun – Gangwon FC – £2.1m
- Kwon Hyeok-kyu – Busan IPark – £1m
- Maik Nawrocki – Legia Warsaw – £4.3m
- Gustaf Lagerbielke – IF Elfsborg – £3m
- Luis Palma – Aris – £3.5m
- Nat Phillips – Liverpool – loan
- Paulo Bernardo – Benfica – loan
- Liam Bonetig – Western Sydney Wanderers – undisclosed
- Nicolas Kuhn – Rapid Vienna – £2.8m
- Adam Idah – Norwich City – loan
TOTAL = £20.8m + undisclosed fee
2024/25
Transfers IN:
- Arne Engels – FC Augsburg – £11m
- Adam Idah – Norwich City – £8.5m
- Auston Trusty – Sheffield United – £6m
- Paulo Bernardo – SL Benfica – £3.5m
- Luke McCowan – Dundee – £1m
- Viljami Sinisalo – Aston Villa – £1m
- Kasper Schmeichel – Anderlecht – free
- Alex Valle – Barcelona – loan
- Jota – Stade Rennais – £8m
- Jeffrey Schlupp – Crystal Palace – loan
TOTAL = £39m
2025/26
- Kieran Tierney – Arsenal – free
- Isaac English – Greenock Morton – £50k
- Ross Doohan – Aberdeen – free
- Benjamin Nygren – FC Nordsjælland – £2m
- Callum Osmand – Fulham – development fee
- Hayato Inamura – Albirex Niigata – £250k
- Shin Yamada – Kawasaki Frontale – £1.5m
- Jahmai Simpson-Pusey – Manchester City – loan
- Michel-Ange Balikwisha – Royal Antwerp – £5m
- Marcelo Sarrachi – Boca Juniors – loan
- Sebastian Tounekti – Hammarby – £5.2m
TOTAL = £14m + development fee
TOTAL SPEND SINCE 2016 = £102.6m + undisclosed/development fees
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