Celtic is reportedly eyeing a permanent deal for Brighton’s Evan Ferguson, the 21-year-old Irish striker whose market value currently sits around €20 million.
The rise, the fall, and the loan that didn’t work
Ferguson burst onto the Premier League scene during the 2022-23 season, scoring 10 goals in what felt like an announcement to the football world. He was 18 at the time.
A season-long loan to AS Roma for 2025-26 was supposed to be the fix. It wasn’t. Ferguson scored just one league goal before the arrangement was cut short in January.
Why Celtic makes sense, and why it’s still risky
