RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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See the full story · 1 sourcesCeltic will return for Haissem Hassan after Kasper Hogh deal announced today
The Celtic supporters are growing increasingly frustrated and irritated at the lack of movement into the club currently, as there are glaring holes all over the place in Martin O’Neill’s squad. Having already lost several stars once the season finished in May, we are even lighter now than we were when we defeated Hearts to win the league at Celtic Park.
Julian Aruajo , Tomas Cvancara , Junior Adamu , Kelechi Iheanacho , and Marcelo Saracchi have all left the building at one point or another, whilst Daizen Maeda has completed a £10 million move to newly-promoted English Premier League club Ipswich Town, as the Japanese international closes the door on nearly five-years of loyal service at Paradise.
Daizen Maeda of Celtic looks on following the team’s victory in the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Heart of Midlothian at Celtic Park on May 16, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Depth has become a real issue now, not to mention the severe and alarming lack of quality on the wings at present too. As mentioned over and over again, Sebastian Tounekti and Michel-Ange Balikwisha are not the answer and it is very doubtful if they ever will be, to say the very least. Having wasted the guts of £10 million on those two deals, Celtic have nothing really to show for it.
James Forrest of Celtic scores to make it Celtic 2-0 AC Milan during the Celtic v AC Milan in a pre-season friendly at Celtic Park on July 25, 2026. (Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images)
Adding insult to injury, more money will have to be spent as the starting line-up is still missing Jota and James Forrest is just too old to be playing those kind of minutes now that Martin O’Neill will require, even if he does still produce the odd moment of magic nowadays.
Mika Baur SC Paderborn,14, Football Bundesliga season 2025 2026 VfL Wolfsburg vs SC Paderborn at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg Germany 21 May 2026. Photo IMAGO / Christian Schroedter
24-year-old Egyptian star Haissem Hassan was said to be in talks with the club and had even agreed terms on a four-year deal. However, Celtic and Real Oviedo still cannot find a breakthrough in negotiations just now, meaning the player isn’t going anywhere for the time being, in what is turning into a miniature saga along with the Mika Baur deal from SC Paderborn too.
Kasper Hogh of Bodo/Glimt celebrates scoring his team’s third goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 First Leg match between FK Bodo/Glimt and Sporting Clube de Portugal at Aspmyra Stadion on March 11, 2026 in Bodo, Norway. (Photo by Martin Ole Wold/Getty Images)
Journalist Christian Vaquero has claimed though that the Bhoys are waiting until the Kasper Høgh deal is done and dusted, before going back in with an improved offer for Oviedo’s star winger. Discussing the ongoing situation for the World Cup performer on his social media page on X, he said:
“Celtic WILL RETURN for Haissem Hassan after the signing of Kasper Hogh. The first offer of 4M€ was rejected by Real Oviedo, but after the sale of Maeda it’s expected that they’ll come back with an offer close to 5.5M€.”
Hopefully this is accurate and the club will go back in for Haissem Hassan and get the deal sorted once and for all.
Matteo Cancellieri of Lazio during the training session day 3 at the Formello Sport Centre on July 14, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi – Lazio/Getty Images)
The only thing casting doubt on this reporting though, is the issue of Celtic now stepping up their pursuit of Lazio winger Matteo Cancellieri , as previously reported on Celtic Shorts, with it highly unlikely the club would be looking at signing both men during this summer’s recruitment drive.
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