Nicolas Kuhn’s future at Celtic is still up in the air.
There has been a lot of noise around Kuhn, as many Celtic players have returned to pre-season ahead of preparations for the 2025/26 campaign.
Brendan Rodgers will be hoping the Bhoys will be playing in the Champions League because his team have to go through qualifiers to reach European football’s main stage.
One team that is guaranteed to be in the hat for the group stages of the Champions League are Newcastle United – Added to that, Eddie Howe’s men face Celtic in a pre-season friendly on July 19.
But will Kuhn be playing for Newcastle, given interest from the English Premier League side? Perhaps not, given who else the Magpies are pushing to sign.
Newcastle United willing to pay ‘£50m’ for Anthony Elanga amid interest in Celtic’s Nicolas Kuhn
Newcastle have already had a bid of £45 million rejected for Elanga, according to Sky Sports, but they don’t seem to be stopping there.
It has been reported by the Telegraph that Newcastle are willing to put ‘£50 million’ on the table for the Nottingham Forest winger, and he is open to a transfer.
That’s some serious dough and nearly double what Celtic sold Matt O’Riley for last summer when he joined Brighton for £25 million.
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One club out of the Kuhn equation
Given that Newcastle are seemingly putting in bids for Elanga, as well as being willing to pay such ridiculous money for the winger, you can rule them out of the equation to sign Kuhn.
It doesn’t rule out Kuhn leaving, but at least there is hope that the all-action winger stays on board because what he did in the Champions League and during the first half of last season shouldn’t be discounted.
And, whilst fans are delighted that Benjamin Nygren has signed for Celtic, you want the Sweden star to come in and challenge Kuhn rather than replace him because it prepares the team far better for Europe.