The summer transfer window officially opens for business next month and it remains to be seen exactly where Celtic will look to strengthen their squad.
A new centre-forward could be on the agenda for Brendan Rodgers after the club opted to sell Kyogo Furuhashi to Rennes in January without sourcing a replacement for him.
Whilst there is no reported interest from Celtic in this player, there are now quotes from a former Hoops number nine who would like to play for the club for a second time.
Former Celtic star would love to play for the club again
Speaking to the Daily Record, Greek forward Giorgos Giakoumakis revealed that he would “love” to play at Parkhead again before the end of his playing career.
The 30-year-old Cruz Azul attacker, who joined the Mexican side for a reported fee of £7.8m in 2024, left the Scottish giants to sign for Atlanta United in February 2023 during Ange Postecoglou’s time at the club.
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Giakoumakis told the Daily Record: “You want to set the fire? I would love to play for Celtic again. I don’t know if that’s a utopia or if it could happen again – but who wouldn’t?
“Even if you don’t know what it feels like to be there, when you’ve already been there, you know exactly what it means.
“So if someone played for Celtic and he was successful and you ask him a couple of years after, ‘Would you play again for Celtic?’ and he tells you no, he’s a stupid guy. He’s so dumb.”
Of course, there is no credible source suggesting that Celtic would be interested in bringing him back to Parkhead. However, he could be an interesting addition to the squad this summer.
Why Celtic should consider re-signing Giakoumakis
When he initially joined the Hoops from VVV-Venlo in the summer of 2021, Alex McLeish suggested to Football Insider that Giakoumakis could be a “Henrik Larsson-type character” who could blow everyone away, describing him as a “special” signing.
Whilst the Greece international did not live up to that hype, as Larsson scored 224 goals for the club, he did have a huge impact in the short-term, akin to how Larsson scored 15 goals in 28 games in his first season at Parkhead.
Appearances
21
19
Starts
11
4
Goals
13
6
Minutes per goal
81
114
Assists
1
1
As you can see in the table above, Giakoumakis was Larsson-esque in his first Scottish Premiership season at Celtic with an incredible return of a goal every 81 minutes on average in the league.
The lethal finisher did not get as many opportunities, as shown by his four starts in 19 games, in his second season at the club, though, and then decided to move to the MLS.
Giakoumakis 22 goals in 38 MLS matches for Atlanta United before his big-money move to Cruz Azul, which shows that he was also a level scorer in America when given regular game time.
Therefore, the 30-year-old striker could be a Larsson-type signing once again for Celtic in the sense that he could arrive at Parkhead to make an instant impact as a big goalscoring threat for the club, which is why they should consider a move for the experienced marksman.
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