Celtics watch new frontman with “X factor”

There is no doubt that it has been a successful season for the Celtics, even the one who ends up disappointing.

Aberdeen was given a free throw in the Scottish Cup final on Saturday, with Callum McGregor and Alistair Johnston both seeing their attempts from 12 yards in the gunfight.

It was the first time that the Celtics lost the final since Brendan Rodgers lost the finals in Hampden, after winning all 15 games before the weekend after the Celtics defeated by Kilmarnock in the 2012 League Cup final.

Despite this, Bhoys was the fourth consecutive Premier League champion, winning the League Cup and reaching the Champions League knockout stage, so supporters still have a lot of positive contributions.

Now, can they ensure the service of a highly rated young winger?

Celtics chase new vastness

As Fotboll Direkt’s Ola Gustavsson reported, the Swedish media Celtics were “interested” in signing Oskar Fallenius, and fierce rival Rangers were also believed to have been searching for players at the 23-year-old.

Fallenius’ advanced breakthrough came to Brommapojkarna, who won the name of Brøndby, but he had little influence on the Danish Super Lotto Giants, with only 2 goals in 13 appearances, a 22-unused substitute, which was also hindered by ligament injuries.

This brought him back to his native Sweden, joining Djurgårdens, adding his impression for only 2 million Kronor, about £155,000, his performance made his performance “incredible” and helped the club reach the league semifinals.

So, this time he can move again, this time it’s Glasgow’s East End?

Comparison between Oskar Fallenius and Jota

The Celtics are certainly a market for multiple new strikers this summer, as Jota’s ACL rupture suffered from Dundee United in April at Tannadice, and Rodgers confirmed he will be eliminated for “six to nine months.”

With Kyōgo Furuhashi being sold to Rennais Stade in January, Luis Palma is expected to leave permanently this summer, so the basketball team has insufficient offensive choices.

Currently, Daizen Maeda, Adam Idah, Nicolas Kühn, Yang Hyun-Jun and Youngster Johnny Kenny are their only players competing for the top three.

So, to be fair, Rodgers has more firepower than he has to master, especially in the critical Champions League playoffs held in late August.

Jota has been in a decent goal form since returning to the club in January.

In his second match against Motherwell at Fir Park, he aimed to be on the bench with only 16 appearances in the entire 16 games.

So, how does he compare to his potential alternative to Fallenius?

As stated in the table, the statistics for Jota and Fallenius were roughly similar in almost the same minutes.

The Portuguese winger has an advantage in goals, shooting and passing accuracy and every 90 shots, but the young Swedes received another assist and had a higher catch success rate.

Djurgårdens manager Jani Honkavaara believes Fallenius has “The X-Factor” and Guardian’s Marcus Christenson tagged him as one of the main offensive players of the Blue Stripes.

So the 23-year-old is clearly a forward with great potential, making him an excellent low-cost option for the Celtics this summer.

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