{"id":173907,"date":"2025-06-10T21:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/173907\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T21:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:08:10","slug":"celtic-backed-to-sign-natural-predator-even-though-they-are-talking-about-him-going-to-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/173907\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic backed to sign ‘natural predator’, even though ‘they are talking about him going to Rangers’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brendan Rodgers has always spoken about wanting three strikers at Celtic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the recently concluded season, Kyogo Furuhashi and Adam Idah were the men leading the line at the start, before Johnny Kenny returned from his loan spell<\/a> at Shamrock Rovers in January.<\/p>\n

That was also the same time Kyogo left for Rennes<\/a>, and then Daizen Maeda moved up top, before going on to win the Scottish PFA Player of the Year. <\/p>\n

Add in the fact that Jota is injured<\/a> and probably won\u2019t return until 2026, then some fresh legs are needed up top. <\/p>\n

Celtic are set to sign Callum Osmand<\/a> from Fulham, but he is 19-years-old and will probably take Kenny\u2019s place for next season. <\/p>\n

A more senior face is needed, and there is one big name available in the market. <\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Julian Finney\/Getty ImagesCeltic backed to sign Jamie Vardy ahead of Rangers<\/p>\n

Jamie Vardy has left Leicester City<\/a> after their relegation to the Championship in 2024\/25, and he will become a free agent in July.<\/p>\n

Frank McAvennie<\/a> has made it clear that he wants Vardy at Celtic<\/a>, even though there have been suggestions that Rangers want to sign him, as he told his Let Me Be Frank Podcast. <\/p>\n

There are new investors at Rangers<\/a>, and it\u2019s going to be interesting to see what they do in the summer market, but one of English football\u2019s \u2018natural predators\u2019 has been told to join the champions of Scotland<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cVardy. I would take Vardy,\u201d said McAvennie. \u201cI know they are talking about him going to Rangers, but I would take Vardy at Celtic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey (Ings and Vardy) are goal scorers. Two of them are goal scorers. They are just natural predators. Get them up here. Good names. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe two of them know where the back of the net is. People keep saying, \u2018you don\u2019t look up\u2019. You don\u2019t have to look up. Goals don\u2019t move. It\u2019s the only thing on the pitch that doesn\u2019t move.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Vardy\u2019s record under Brendan Rodgers<\/p>\n

The great thing here is that Vardy has played under Rodgers before, so he will understand his system very well. <\/p>\n\nVardy\u2019s games under Rodgers<\/strong><\/td>\nGoals<\/strong><\/td>\nAssists<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n157<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Stats: <\/strong>Transfermarkt<\/p>\n

The only issue is that Vardy turned 38 in January, and his age might be off-putting for several Celtic supporters. <\/p>\n

One thing is for sure: the man who bagged 200 career goals for Leicester in 500 matches has all the experience and know-how in the world. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s just a case of, do Celtic go out of their comfort zone and sign a player, especially an ageing outfield player, that they normally wouldn\u2019t bring in because he doesn\u2019t have the resale value. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brendan Rodgers has always spoken about wanting three strikers at Celtic. During the recently concluded season, Kyogo Furuhashi…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,54220,30479,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-173907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-frank-mcavennie","10":"tag-jamie-vardy","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114661118024614903","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}