After Kyogo and Kuhn fiascos, Rodgers right to delay Idah transfer

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·31 agosto 2025

After Kyogo and Kuhn fiascos, Rodgers right to delay Idah transfer

Brendan Rodgers is correct in delaying Adam Idah’s Celtic exit, it’s just a pity he didn’t do the same thing with Kyogo and Nicolas Kuhn…

Como, Italy, 24th July 2025. Adam Idah of Celtic reacts during the Ajax vs Celtic Pre Season Friendly match at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, Como. Photo: Jonathan Moscrop / Sportimage

Rodgers called Idah back from Swansea where he had a medical

Brendan Rodgers caused a bit of a stir when he at the eleventh hour blocked Adam Idah’s proposed move to Swansea City. Despite that being the correct call, it’s left supporters asking, where was this sort of stance when Kyogo and Nicolas Kuhn were sold from under him and no promised replacements forthcoming?

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Kyogo of course was sold to Rennes for £10 million at the end of the January transfer window, leaving us rather short in the striking department heading into the second half of the season.

Daizen Maeda poses with his Scottish Premiership winners medal after the season s final league match against St. Mirren on May 17, 2025. Photo IMAGO

Maeda’s purple patch through the middle

Yes Daizen Maeda went onto have a purple patch as a centre forward which won him all sorts of Player of the Year honours and Adam Idah chipped in too with a 20 goal season contribution – not bad from a player mostly used as a substitute

The same thing happened over the summer when the Celtic board were all too willing to accept a bumper £17m bid from Como for the signature of Nicolas Kuhn and just thought they’d sort out a replacement in due course. Due course came after the Champions League playoff was thrown away and £40m lost – don’t ever tell me these are shrewd moneymen ever again!

Kyogo celebrates with the cup after the Premier Sports Cup Final victory over theRangers at Hampden on 15 December 2024. Photo AJ for The Celtic Star

No replacement for Kyogo since January

Similar to the Kyogo situation there was no replacement lined up for Kuhn, and with only days remaining in the summer transfer window, we still are looking for the replacement for Kyogo.

So I applaud Brendan Rodgers for taking such a stance and refusing to let another one of his main players leave without a ready made replacement. Enough is enough. I only wish he’d have taken this stance in July when the board couldn’t wait to sell Kuhn, having failed miserably to replace Kyogo.

Nicolas Kuhn scores during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Knockout Play-off second leg match between FC Bayern München and Celtic FC at Allianz Arena on February 18, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

Why couldn’t Brendan have adopted the same approach when other key players were sold from under him without any hesitation? He knows that this board are quick to sell but slow to buy and it’s not a trick that they’ll be allowed to get away with while Rodgers remains at the club.

It’s a pretty valid question to ask but it’s fair to say Brendan has got there in the end.

Peter Lawwell, Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay applaud during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Livingston at Celtic Park on August 23, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Three new signings tomorrow is what my colleague on The Celtic Star is reporting

So Adam idah will be sitting on the bench at Ibrox today and could be a Swansea player tomorrow – IF Celtic manage to get at least one striker signed. Lubo98 has posted on The Celtic Star this morning that a source very close to the action has advised him that multiple signing are coming in tomorrow. Let’s hope he’s right.

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