Prominent French football reporter Robin Bairner has given us some more insight into Celtic’s potential link with Tino Kadeware.
Over the past 24 hours, the striker has came on the radar as a potential January signing as Celtic look far and wide for a striker.
Tino, 24, plays for Le Havre in France, a Ligue 2 side with aspirations of promotion to Ligue 1. The striker is most definitely their talisman scoring 17 goals in 19 games for the club, chipping in with four assists.
The reporter believes Celtic’s interest is entirely plausible but did mention it would take upwards of £9m to sign the frontman in this window with Le Havre obsessed with their promotion push and in no mood to sell their prized asset.
Putting Kadewere's performance in Ligue 2 into perspective:
2.17 ave. goals in a Ligue 2 match this season.
0.93 ave. goals scored by Kadewere in 90 mins.
He's on 17 goals after 19 matches next highest scorer on 11.
Any negatives? Six were penalties.
— Robin Bairner (@RBairner) January 6, 2020
His stats are impressive but if Robin is on the money about a potential transfer fee then Celtic would bow out before any negotiations started. Celtic have paid £9m for one player, and that was Odsonne Edouard. They felt comfortable with the price for the Frenchman because they got to see him up close and personal for a season on-loan before pulling the trigger.
Paying so much money for an untested striker would surely give peter Lawwell nightmares.
