Celtic struck gold with massive flop who now performs in Australia

Celtic’s faultless begin to the 2024/25 Scottish Premiership marketing campaign continued on Saturday with a snug 2-0 win over Hearts at Parkhead.

The Hoops have now gained all 5 of their matches within the division, with out conceding a single purpose, after targets from new signings Arne Engels and Luke McCowan.

Regardless of the win, there have been some underwhelming performers on the pitch for the Scottish giants and one among them was centre-forward Kyogo Furuhashi, who endured a tough afternoon – dropping 100% of his duels and leaving the pitch with no significant contributions.

FFC have urged Brendan Rodgers to lastly ditch the Japan worldwide from the beginning XI and that might current Adam Idah with an opportunity to show his value.

Celtic splashed out a price of £8.5m, which might rise to £9.5m with add-ons, to signal the Eire worldwide from Norwich Metropolis on a everlasting deal, after his mortgage spell final time period.

The Bhoys can be hoping that it seems to be a worthwhile funding on the 23-year-old striker, as they haven’t all the time had the very best of luck when spending massive on new centre-forwards.

One quantity 9 the membership had a howler with initially was Patryk Klimala, who struggled at Parkhead earlier than the membership later hit the jackpot with him.

How a lot Celitc paid for Patryk Klimala

Again in January 2020, Celtic reportedly agreed a price of round £3.5m to signal the 21-year-old marksman from Polish outfit Jagiellonia Białystok.

It was claimed on the time that Neil Lennon had recognized the ahead as a prime goal throughout the January switch window, and that the Hoops had overwhelmed Danish giants Copenhagen to his signature.

They activated a €4m launch clause in his contract with the Polish aspect, which allowed them to safe his companies for £3.5m, as Lennon considered him as a strike associate for Odsonne Edouard.

He had come up by way of the youth ranks with Jagiellonia Białystok, the place he scored a surprising 17 targets in 9 U19 matches, earlier than rising as a first-team possibility.

Klimala scored 11 targets in 50 senior outings for the membership, together with seven targets in 17 league video games throughout the first half of the 2019/20 marketing campaign, and this reveals that Celtic have been shopping for him for his potential.

The 21-year-old striker didn’t arrive at Parkhead with a confirmed monitor report of scoring targets and that made the £3.5m spent on him a big gamble by the Scottish giants.

Sadly, it was not a bet that paid off for Celitc on the pitch because the Polish marksman went on to battle all through his time on the sphere for the Hoops.

Patryk Klimala’s Celtic profession

The younger striker solely made 4 appearances in all competitions for the Bhoys throughout the second half of the 2019/20 marketing campaign, and failed to search out the again of the online.

After his return of seven targets and three assists in 17 Extraklasa matches throughout the first half of the season, the ahead didn’t report a single purpose or help in his two outings within the Scottish Premiership.

Klimala was then supplied extra alternatives to showcase his qualities in Glasgow throughout his first full season on the membership, within the 2020/21 marketing campaign.

The Poland U21 worldwide performed 24 matches in all competitions for the Hoops however solely contributed with three and 0 assists for the Bhoys.

As you possibly can see within the desk above, Klimala struggled on the prime finish of the pitch within the Premiership, with 5 ‘massive probabilities’ missed and 0 assists to go together with his three targets in 17 video games.

The centre-forward solely accomplished 68% of his tried passes, finishing 2.5 per recreation on common, as he struggled to deal with the step up in high quality in Scotland.

By April of that season, Celtic determined to half methods with the striker and, surprisingly, they have been in a position to recoup all the cash they paid for him.

MLS aspect New York Pink Bulls swooped in to signal the younger attacker for a reported price of $4.8m (£3.5m), per Sky Sports activities journalist Anthony Joseph, and the Hoops hit the jackpot with that sale, based mostly on his decline since then.

The place Patryk Klimala is now

On the time of writing (16/09/2024), Klimala is on mortgage at Sydney FC in Australia, having joined them earlier this month, after being allowed to go away on a brief foundation by Slask Wroclaw.

Transfermarkt presently has his market worth at a staggeringly low €600k (£500k), which is a big drop-off from the £3.5m Celtic offered him for, on the age of 26.

The Polish striker loved a strong, if unspectacular, time within the Massive Apple after his transfer from Glasgow, with a return of 14 targets and 11 assists in 63 matches in all competitions.

He then spent a yr with Hapoel Beer Sheva, from January 2023 to January 2024, and solely managed 4 targets in 23 appearances for the membership earlier than being allowed to hitch Slask Wroclaw on a free switch in the beginning of this yr.

As you possibly can see within the desk above, Klimala endured a irritating time within the Polish top-flight for Wroclaw throughout the second half of the 2023/24 marketing campaign, with zero targets and 4 ‘massive probabilities’ missed in 11 matches.

The 26-year-old former Celtic flop was then dropped all the way down to the second staff for the beginning of this season and scored 4 targets in 4 video games within the fourth tier earlier than being despatched out on mortgage to Australia.

Total, this reveals that the Hoops hit the jackpot after they offered their massive flop for a price of £3.5m as his profession has gone downhill since shifting on from Glasgow, as proven by his faltering kind and his plummeting market worth.

Klimala must be within the prime years of his profession, at 26, however is, as an alternative, struggling and shifting from club-to-club to search out his kind, which reveals that Celtic struck gold by raking in £3.5m for him.