Luis Palma looks like a superstar compared to Balikwisha and Mvuka

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·5 April 2026

Luis Palma looks like a superstar compared to Balikwisha and Mvuka

Luis Palma ie eyeing a Celtic return this summer for an unlikely second chance. He looks like a superstar compared to Balikwisha and Mvuka…

The long forgotten Luis Palma has been speaking about his desire to return to Celtic and make his mark. Whilst it’s great to hear such confident words from the player, Luis has had his chance in the green and white hoops, and will ultimately be moved on when a club agrees to meet Celtic’s demands for their player.

The Honduran international, who signed from Greek side Aris for a fee of £3 million, has spent this season on loan at Polish Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznan, and has made quite the contribution scoring seven goals, and registering eight assists in 39 games in all competitions for Poznan, helping them to top spot in the Polish top flight.

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Mid-Season Friendly, Showgrounds, Sligo 9/10/2024 Sligo Rovers vs Celtic Celtic s Luis Palma celebrates with the match ball after scoring a hat trick Luis Palma celebrates with the match ball after scoring a hat trick 9/10/2024 Photo :INPHO/Tom Maher

Luis has been rather unfortunate in his Celtic career, with his record of 10 goals and 10 assists in 48 games not exactly the worst numbers in the world, but his overall game just wasn’t, and still isn’t suited to Celtic, and the Scottish game in general. That’s just the harsh reality, let’s not kid ourselves on.

It’s been suggested that Luis’s form at Poznan might just have earned him a reprieve at Celtic, but for me he’s had his chance and it’s better for all parties if he cut his ties with the club on a permanent basis. Whether that’s with Poznan or anyone else, he’s had his chance in Glasgow.

The fact that we’ve endured a difficult campaign, and had to put up with the likes of Michel-Ange Balikwisha and Joel Mvuka has made folks pine for the Honduran. He is clearly on the evidence we have seen a much better option than those two. Mvuka was so close to signing a long term deal at Celtic in the closing hours of the January transfer window but a medical condition that was uncovered by Celtic at that stage meant that the £3m transfer was turned into a loan deal that surely Celtic will end in the summer.

Joel Mvuka in action. Celtic v Dundee, Scottish Cup, Fifth Round, Celtic Park, 07 February 2026. Photo Stuart Wallace IMAGO/ Shutterstock

Balikwisha however has signed a long-term contract at Celtic and cost the club £5.5m last summer in a World Class in everything he does move from the Celtic CEO Michael Nicholson. That’s a long term problem for the next Celtic manager to look at, Martin O’Neill has already washed his hands of Balikwisha after giving him some minutes against minnows Auchinleck Talbot in the early rounds of the Scottish Cup campaign.

Michel-Ange Balikwisha – Auchinleck Talbot v Celtic, Scottish Cup 4th Round, Rugby Park. Sunday 18 January 2026. Photo Vagelis Georgariou ( The Celtic Star)

Both of those players – Michel-Ange Balikwisha and Joel Mvuka -are that poor that they make Luis look like a superstar. Thats the brutal and honest truth. He may slightly better than what we currently have at our disposal, but Luis Palma has no real chance of a future at Celtic. The boat has sailed on that one Luis.

Motherwell v Celtic – cinch Premiership – Fir Park Celtic s Luis Palma left celebrates scoring their side’s first goal of the game with team-mates Alistair Johnston and Matt O Riley right during the Scottish Premiership match at Fir Park on Saturday September 30, 2023. Photo Steve Welsh

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