Celtic told if they would pay ‘£4 million’ for a striker with more goals than Kyogo Furuhashi

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Lawrence Shankland is a man in demand as he can’t stop scoring goals for Hearts.

When you are producing the quality he is showcasing on a weekly basis, then your name is going to be linked with the big boys and that is happening with Celtic.

With Brendan Rodgers looking to add more bite to the forward line ahead of the January transfer window, Lawrence Shankland’s name has been mentioned as a possible target.

But with talk of Hearts possibly wanting ‘£4 million’ for the 28-year-old, then Stephen Craigan thinks there is no chance that someone like Celtic would put that type of money down on the table for him, as he told Sporsound. 

Every Celtic fan knows that there is money in the bank and if big money needed to be spent, then it could.

But that doesn’t mean splashing the cash on anything and everything, even if, in the case of Lawrence Shankland, he is in the form of his life.

After the Scotland star’s stunning brace for Hearts against St Mirren on Saturday, his future was discussed.

Lawrence Shankland to Celtic?

“I just wonder who would pay £4 million for Lawrence Shankland,” questioned Craigan.

“Albeit, all the goals, but at 28, if someone is looking for a resale value on him, then they wouldn’t get anything back on him. Would Celtic (or Rangers) pay £4 million for him? I don’t think so. They might be brave and put in a cheeky bid with a sell-on or add-ons.

“But certainly, as a player and a goalscorer, anyone outside of Celtic and Rangers, would bite their hand off for him. 

“If Hearts want to value him at £4 million and £5 million, if they want to give him a new contract, they would have to pay him as a £4/5 million player. That’s the risk with that.”

Lawrence Shankland and Kyogo Furuhashi

That’s ten goals in 18 Premiership matches for a player who is outscoring the likes of Kyogo Furuhashi this season.

Celtic’s Japanese star was back on the scoresheet during the win over Livingston on Saturday, his seventh league goal of the campaign.

Yes, Kyogo had recently hit a bit of a patch, in terms of his goals, but he is back up and running now.

And come the end of the season, it wouldn’t be a surprise if someone like Kyogo and Shankland are battling it out for the top-scorer prize.