Celtic have agreed to their second deal of the January transfer window.
Fabrizio Romano has delivered his famous ‘Here we go!’ line after announcing on social media the details about Celtic’s loan deal for Crystal Palace player, Jeffrey Schlupp.
67 Hail Hail shared an update from Sky Sports earlier this afternoon where host, Nick Powell, said that a deal had been offered by Celtic to land the Ghanian international on loan and that agreement was ‘close’.
And now, Romano has revealed that a deal is now ‘in place’ with details of the loan agreement between Celtic and Crystal Palace.
Fabrizio Romano says ‘verbal agreement’ is done by Celtic and Jeffrey Schlupp
It seems a loan deal has been agreed upon to take the 31-year-old utility player to Celtic Park as Romano shares if Brendan Rodgers has an option to buy the experienced international.
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Celtic sacked a member of staff after leaking an apparent transfer list that included a current Chelsea star and a former Manchester United player. A document revealing Celtic’s transfer plans was leaked ahead of the 2019/20 season. The club took action in a bid to track down the mole who leaked the transfer document. Cleaner Maureen Quinn was subsequently dismissed with immediate effect following a meeting – along with her son, Edward Quinn, who was suspended from his security job at the club’s Lennoxtown training centre. Maureen told The Daily Record: “It’s a disgrace. “I’ve done nothing wrong and I’m getting blamed for whatever this is. I know my son would do nothing wrong either. We’re just scapegoats. I want to clear my name.” She added: “They pulled me in three times for meetings about this. “In my job at Lennoxtown, I empty bins and take them to the bin room on a trolley. I think they believe I’ve went through the bins and found this paper, gave it to my son and he’s photographed it. “I support Celtic because my son and husband do but I couldn’t name half their players. I couldn’t care less what’s on a bit of paper. “I was in tears. I’m gutted and sick for Edward, too.” The leaked transfer list included Chelsea’s Reece James, who had just enjoyed a season on loan at Wigan Athletic, and then-Man United’s Scott McTominay, who joined Napoli last summer. James Justin, who left Luton Town for Leicester City, and Fikayo Tomori, who starred for Derby County in the previous season, were also included on the transfer document. At the time, a Celtic spokesperson said: “This is an internal matter. We are satisfied that the club has acted appropriately.” Edward had been employed by Celtic since 2008, stewarding games before moving onto security work. He said: “About 30 people work at the training centre. Celtic had a club lawyer and head of security question everyone in the building on their own. They got me and my mum back in for second interviews. “They showed me a photo of a hand holding a piece of paper. My boss said, ‘I think they look like your nails’. I showed them my nails, which aren’t as short as those in the photo. “They also referred to me going into the football admin office on the morning of the Scottish Cup Final on May 25. I was on shift and have texts to show I was asking people if they had a phone charger. I went in that office looking for one.”
January 2, 2025
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Romano said on X, “Jeff Schlupp from Palace to Celtic, here we go! Verbal agreement was done on straight loan, no buy option.
Rodgers and the Celtic fans will be delighted to get this deal over the line as the clock ticks down on transfer deadline day.
Celtic still need to add another key player
Celtic still need to add another striker to their ranks after selling Kyogo Furuhashi to Rennes early last week.
Rodgers has just Adam Idah and Johnny Kenny as their striking options however, Daizen Maeda can slot in upfront if required.
The Japanese winger has been very effective on the left flank for Celtic but has the addition of Jota gave Brendan Rodgers another option that may not require adding another striker in January?
