Celtic transfers: How much Celtic have made from player

Celtic transfers: How much Celtic have made from player sales since 2018 versus how much has been spent

Celtic transfers: How much Celtic have made from player sales since 2018 versus how much has been spent

Following the news that main first-team scout Joe Dudgeon and head of recruitment Mark Lawwell are leaving their positions, Celtic

is getting ready to completely revamp their scouting division.

two have been placed on gardening leave until the end of the season. Lawwell, the son of chairman Peter, was criticized by some Celtic

supporters for what they saw as the team’s shortcomings over the previous two transfer windows. Lawwell was hired in 2022.

Only one of Celtic’s seven, largely young and inexperienced, summer signings, Luis Palma, has got into double figures in league starts,

following the loss of regular starters Jota, Aaron Mooy and Carl Starfelt. Celtic signed only two players in the most recent transfer

window – on-loan Norwich striker Adam Idah and former Rapid Vienna winger Nicolas Kuhn – leaving fans unhappy with the level of

investment in the squad as Rangers overhauled them at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

There is also apparent frustration over the Celtic accounts showing a record revenue of £85.2m for the final six months of last year and

a bank balance of £67.3m. The perception being that more money should have been spent strengthening the squad in pursuit of the

lucrative spot in the new Champions League group stage format which comes into place next season.

But how much money have Celtic actually spent on transfers in recent tmes, and how much has been recouped in player sales? Is the

criticism justified?

According to transfermarkt.com, Celtic have spent roughly £29m less than they have received in transfer fees over the past six years

stretching back to the summer of 2018. The figures show that the club banked £141.66m for player departures over that period,

covering 12 transfer windows, with £112.5m spent on new additions to the squad.

£14 million from Crystal Palace for Odsonne Edouard in 2021, £13.5 million from Brentford for Kristoffer Ajer in the same summer,

£7.5 million from Union Berlin for Josip Juranovic in January of last year, and £18 million from Lyon for Moussa Dembele in 2018

are among the other significant fees recovered. Jota to Al-Ittihad last summer and Kieran Tierney to Arsenal in 2019 account for £50

million of the income, with the pair each sold for a club record £25 million.

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