Tyrese Campbell has become the latest EFL Championship player to be linked with Celtic.
The Sheffield United striker, son of ex-Arsenal and Everton favourite Kevin Campbell, is reportedly being watched closely by Celtic ahead of a major rebuild this summer.
If signed, he would become the ninth player brought to Parkhead from the English second tier. Only the Scottish and English Premier League markets have been used more by the club in the last decade.
So 67 Hail Hail decided to have a look at every single player brought to Celtic Park from the self-anointed “most competitive league in the world” since the summer of 2016.
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Celtic’s nine signings from the English Championship since 2019
Moussa Dembele (Fulham, 2016)
Though compensation rules meant that he was not quite a free transfer, end-of-contract signings don’t come much better than Moussa Dembele.
51 goals. A perfect hat-trick against Rangers. A backheel winner against Rangers. An overhead kick against Man City in the Champions League.
One of the biggest Celtic heroes of the 2010s. A tremendous signing, irrespective of the £20 million brought in from his sale.
Dorus de Vries (Nottingham Forest, 2016)
Familiar with Brendan Rodgers, De Vries was brought in to mostly play as back-up to Craig Gordon. His performances when involved left a fair bit to be desired.
Scott Sinclair (Aston Villa, 2016)
Another hero of the invincible treble under Rodgers, Sinclair’s move to Celtic was made possible by Aston Villa’s relegation from the Premier League in 2016.
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Named the Scottish PFA Player of the Year in his first season, the winger made 167 appearances for the club, racking up a stellar total of 62 goals. Another excellent signing.
Oliver Burke (West Brom, 2019)
Continuing the pattern of “one good, one not-so-good” is Oliver Burke, who scored four goals on loan for the second half of the 2018-19 season, having joined a month before Rodgers’ departure for Leicester.
Strong and rapid but lacking in tidiness, Burke recently said he still “loves” Celtic, having rebuilt a solid career for himself in Germany.
Moritz Bauer (Stoke City, 2019)
A Swiss international with decent pedigree on paper, Bauer was barely used by Neil Lennon after his loan move in the 2019-20 season.
Signed to help plug the gap left by Mikael Lustig’s departure, he quickly dropped down to third in Celtic’s right-back pecking order, behind Jeremie Frimpong and Hatem Elhamed.
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Liam Shaw (Sheffield Wednesday, 2021)
Wednesday may have been a League One club by the time of Shaw’s arrival, but he agreed the move with several months of the Championship season remaining, so we’re counting this.
The midfielder made a grand total of two Celtic appearances under Ange Postecoglou and spent time on loan at Morecambe, Wigan and Fleetwood. He now plays for Northampton Town.
Adam Idah (Norwich City, 2024)
A huge clamour ensued when Idah’s iconic Scottish Cup Final winner against Rangers marked the end of a successful six-month loan spell, so the club signed him permanently for £9 million.
In the end, the Irishman was unable to displace Kyogo Furuhashi in the starting XI, despite a steady goal record in his first full season.
His £7 million move to Swansea last summer came completely out of the blue, with a major hullaballoo ensuing when the club failed to replace him before the transfer deadline.
Auston Trusty (Sheffield United, 2024)
Like Sinclair, Trusty was plucked immediately after his club’s relegation to the Championship, though he had been named Birmingham’s Player of the Year on loan in the division two seasons prior.
Currently playing his best football in a Celtic shirt, Trusty is building on a steady first season in Hoops after returning to regular starts under Martin O’Neill.
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