Republic of Ireland striker Johnny Kenny has joined Bolton Wanderers on loan from Celtic until the end of the season.
The 22-year old Sligo-born striker formally joined the League One side this evening, as Celtic snapped up Nigerian centre-forward Junior Adamu from Freiburg.
“I knew there’d been an interest and Bolton reached out to me a lot during the summer, but I wanted to give Celtic a crack and I think I have in the last six months. But I’m happy to be here now,” Kenny told the Bolton Wanderers website.
“I’ll look forward to the next few months. The club is in a brilliant position. We want to go and get promoted and that’s the aim.”
Kenny joins a Bolton side who are currently third in League One, six points adrift of Lincoln City in second place and eight points leaders, Cardiff City, who are currently managed by Brian Barry Murphy.
The striker confirmed that he was eager to get first team football ahead to stake his claim to a place in the Republic of Ireland set-up ahead of March’s playoff game away to Czechia.
“I want to play regularly every week to put myself in the picture for the Ireland squad too. It’s an aim to get back playing every week.
“That’s the aim to be involved in that squad. It’s the ultimate ambition to play for your country on a regular basis.”
“I want to play regularly every week to put myself in the picture for the Ireland squad too.”
Kenny, who began his career at Sligo Rovers, won two Premier Division titles with Shamrock Rovers in 2023 and 2024, impressing in the club’s Conference League campaign at the end of 2024.
He made sufficient appearances for Celtic to earn a Scottish Premiership medal in 2024-25 and became a first-choice option in the first half of the 2025-26 season, scoring six times in 22 games.
Adamu, meanwhile, became Celtic’s first deadline-day signing after the Scottish champions rejected a £25million bid for Arne Engels.
After having offers in the region of £14m and £17m rebuffed, it is understood that Nottingham Forest returned with a third bid for the 22-year-old Belgium midfielder.
However, the Hoops have turned down the opportunity to make a significant profit on a player they bought for £11m from Augsburg in August 2024.
Liverpool have beaten Chelsea in the race to sign Rennes defender Jeremy Jacquet after agreeing a fee of £55million (€63.5m) plus add-ons.
The 20-year-old will remain at the Ligue 1 side for the rest of the season before moving to Anfield in the summer.
It comes after the Blues held talks in January and had been told that a fee and personal terms for the player would not be an issue.
Jeremy Jacquet set for a switch to Anfield
However, the situation changed following speculation Mamadou Sarr is set to return to Chelsea from his loan at Strasbourg.
The club’s determination to keep academy graduate Josh Acheampong as well as the possibility of Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate departing Anfield in the summer when his contract expires are also understood to have been factors in Jacquet’s decision.
The France under-21 international has has played for Rennes 18 times this season and his impressive displays since graduating from the club’s academy have seen him linked with a host of European clubs.
Brighton playmaker Brajan Gruda has moved to RB Leipzig on loan for the rest of the season.
The Germany under-21 international signed a four-year deal after moving to Brighton from Mainz for €25million (€29m) in August 2024, going on to score four times and contribute eight assists in 45 appearances.
However, he has made just eight starts in the Premier League this season and Brighton have agreed to let him temporarily return to the Bundesliga.