‘Look at the profit’ – Barry Ferguson lauds Celtic’s transfer call on £3m star

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It has been a transfer window of frustration for the Celtic fans.

Even before Celtic’s defeat to Ajax in the Como Cup on Thursday evening, fans, and even Brendan Rodgers, wanted more from the 2025 summer transfer market.

But that loss to the Dutch giants, and the manner of it, has upped the ante, as the Celtic manager wants the powers that be to show more ‘ambition’.

But everybody is aware of how the Celtic board operate in the transfer market, it hasn’t changed for a long time, it has continued to work, and Barry Ferguson provided an example of it.

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Barry Ferguson praises Celtic’s sale of Nicolas Kuhn

Nicolas Kuhn’s transfer to Como for nearly £17 million has been Celtic’s major sale of the window so far.

But as Ferguson touched upon on Go Radio, even though the German ‘did so much’ for the club, Celtic have made a ‘hefty profit’ on the player.

Kuhn joined Celtic during the January transfer window of 2024 for £3 million, and now Rodgers needs added quality in the wide areas, as Ferguson explained why it shouldn’t be Daizen Maeda.

Host Paul Cooney: “But obviously Kuhn did so much, especially the first half of last year.”

Ferguson responded: “Yeah, but look at the profit they have made on him in the space of a year. What was it? £16.5-17 million to Como.

“What did they buy him for? £4m? (£3m). So, there is a hefty profit straight away.

“But that’s the way Celtic have played with width. Wide guys. I see Maeda more centrally. I think he is more dangerous centrally. He is good out on the left, that’s where he likes to play. I still think there is going to be more incomings from Celtic and Rangers. It’s still early doors.”

Celtic’s major sales

Last summer, it was Matt O’Riley joining Brighton for £25 million; now it’s Kuhn going for big bucks, both were purchased for very little in comparison and sold for big dough.

Expect that to continue even after Rodgers leaves.

Yes, it’s a source of frustration, and fans want the club to push the boat out, to improve in the Champions League, but it’s never going to happen because of how much money the club makes.

• Matt O’Riley to Brighton for £26 million
• Kieran Tierney to Arsenal for £25 million
• Jota to Al-Ittihad for £25 million
• Moussa Dembele to Lyon for £20 million
• Odsonne Edouard to Crystal Palace for £14 million