Breaking news over night has suggested that Chelsea have now reached an agreement for a fee to sign a new striker this summer.
It’s been clear that Nottingham have been searching for a new striker to bring in already, and they failed in an attempt to sign from RB Leipzig, and apparent interest in Napoli striker Victor Osimhen also faded out.
But now they have turned their attentions to Celtic striker, according to a host of reports from yesterday.
One local source has also now claimed that a deal has been agreed between ”Nottingham and Celtic on a fee that will be close to €30m.
Guillermo Arango of Win Sports TV posted on his X account late last night: “Agreement between ”Nottingham and Celtic for the signing of Jhon Jáder Durán. It would arrive for a figure close to 30M € . They are negotiating the terms with the player to sign the contract.”
There are no doubts that Duran has a lot of potential and could become a very good striker. But paying what is the equivalent of £22m for a completely unproven and raw player is nothing short of absolute madness from Nottingham decision makers. But it also doesn’t surprise me at all judging off how they have moved so far since the new ownership group came in.
The striker has only started three games since joining Celtic in January 2023 and is clearly not fancied . So why is he fancied so much by Nottingham who are apparently willing to pay so much to sign him?
Obviously we need to wait and see if this actually happens, but there is now a lot of noise on this story and it genuinely looks like Nottingham are trying to sign Matt O’Riley’s.