Swansea City in for supposed Celtic target Elijah Just | OneFootball

Celtic target Elijah Just is said to be a target of English championship side Swansea City, who are said to be preparing a multi-million pound bid to bring the New Zealand international to their Liberty stadium to join up with his former Motherwell teammate Stephen Welsh in South Wales…

Elijah Just of New Zealand celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group G match between IR Iran and New Zealand at Los Angeles Stadium on June 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Playmaker Just is going into the final year of his contract but Motherwell has an option to extend it for another 12 months, and Swansea head coach Vitor Matos has now made the New Zealand World Cup stand-out a top summer priority.

Swansea have wasted no time, and have already declared their interest to Just and his camp, and according to the Daily Record, have ramped up their interest over the past 48 hours as they bid to strengthen their squad for the upcoming English Championship campaign.

Thibaut Courtois of Belgium unable to stop the shot by Elijah Just of New Zealand scoring the team’s first goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group G match between New Zealand and Belgium at BC Place Vancouver on June 26, 2026 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Image was captured using a remote netcam. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

The Welsh side are aware of the significant interest in the 26 year old, due to his impressive showings for his county at the World Cup, and despite the All Whites crashing out in the group stages, Just impressed, scoring three goals in as many games.

Due to this interest, Swansea are getting ready to pounce and cut a quick deal for the player who scored seven goals and registered eight assists in 30 Scottish Premiership appearances last season.

Celtic of course are one of the clubs whom have been said to hold a series interest in the Kiwi wide man, as well as French side Toulouse, who are managed by Just’s former manager Jens Berthel Askou. However Michael Nicholson is content to monitor the situation to avoid having to deal with another troublesome agent.

So it now looks like we could be losing out on another rumoured transfer target, after the earlier news that Kelechi Iheanacho had signed for Bursaspor and Marcelo Saracchi gave up all hope of getting a Return to Paradise, as Michael Nicholson keeps the proposed £1.5m transfer fee in the PLC account.

Michael Nicholson has claimed we can’t compete with English Championship sides when it comes to signing players, perhaps that was a warning that the Motherwell winger is now outwith our financial boundaries. This all in a week that we also discovered that we can’t compete with second tier sides from Turkey.

I’ll guess we’ll find out for ourselves in the coming days where Elijah Just will be playing his football next season. Although Just would be a brilliant signing for Celtic we know it’s never going to happen.

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