Damuwar magoya bayan Celtic na ƙaruwa game da kasuwar bazara da har yanzu ta kawo ɗan wasa ɗaya kawai — ɗan wasan gaba na Colombia Camilo Duran, da aka sanya hannu daga ƙungiyar Azerbaijan ta Qarabag. An ruwaito cewa manaja Martin O'Neill ya yarda da yiwuwar tafiyar ɗan wasan tsakiya Arne Engels da ɗan wasan gaba Daizen Maeda, yayin da makomar kyaftin Callum McGregor ma ta kasance cikin hayyacin bayan rahotanni cewa ya sanya hannu da sabon ajansi.
Engels: kwallayen, taimakon kwallayen, da damar da ba a cika ba
Engels ya shiga Celtic a bazara na 2024 daga ƙungiyar Bundesliga Augsburg, yana cika gurbin da ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Denmark Matt O'Riley ya bar, wanda ya tafi Brighton & Hove Albion bayan kakar da ya ci kwallaye 19 a wasanni 49. Ɗan Belgium ɗin mai shekara 22 — tare da kiran ƙasar sau 4 — bai kai waɗancan adadin ba har yanzu, amma bunƙasarsa ta yi kama da yadda O'Riley ya yi a Celtic.
Engels ya ci kwallaye 10 a cikin 2024-25 da bakwai a kakar da ta gabata, ciki har da kwallaye da suka tabbatar da taken Premiership na Scotland a kan Heart of Midlothian a ranar ƙarshe, da nasarar ƙarshen wasan kofin Scotland a kan Dunfermline Athletic. Ya kuma bayar da taimakon kwallayen guda takwas a waccan kakar kaɗai. Nottingham Forest sun nuna sha'awar sa ba tare da tasirinsa ya zama canja wuri ba — kuma Engels ma bai shiga cikin jerin sunayen Belgium na Kofin Duniya ba.
Maeda: ɗan wasan gaba mai ƙarfi
Daizen Maeda ya yi mafi kyawun kakarsa ta mutum ɗaya a cikin 2024-25, yana ci kwallaye 33 a wasanni 51, kuma ya wuce kwallaye goma a kowace kakar cikakke da ya taka da ƙungiyar, ciki har da kwallaye 17 a kakar 2025-26 ta yanzu. Taimakon kwallayensa na rayuwa na 38 sun ba da gudummuwa sosai ga tarbar Celtic na gwaninai goma, ciki har da taken lig biyar.
Maeda yana da shekara 28 kawai, yana da kwarewa ta Kofin Duniya tare da Japan, kuma — kamar yadda tsohon manajan Celtic Ange Postecoglu ya ce a wannan bazara — yana da ikon matsa da ake cewa na "duniya mafi girma". An yi zance game da canjin zuwa Wolfsburg a cikin 2025 ba tare da ya zama gaskiya ba. Yana da kwantiragin shekara guda kawai, don haka Celtic suna da windows ɗin canja wuri biyu don amfana da shi.
McGregor: ruhin ƙungiyar
Callum McGregor yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wasan Celtic mafi taken, yana da gwaninai 26 ciki har da nasarar lig 11. Tun bayyanarsa a 2014, tsohon ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Scotland ya ci kwallaye 77 ya kuma bayar da taimakon kwallayen 84 a wasanni 576. Ya zama kyaftin a matsayin maye gurbin Scott Brown a 2021.
Yana da shekara 33, McGregor na shiga lokacin faɗuwar aikinsa, amma jagorancinsa da kwarewansa ba za a iya maye gurbin su cikin sauƙi ba. Ya yi sadaukarwa ta barin aikin ƙasar don riƙe matsayinsa a Celtic — alama ta aminci da ba za a iya musantawa ba. Duk da haka, a watan Afrilu ya yi gargaɗi cewa zai yi farin cikin ƙarewa aikinsa a Celtic kawai idan sun "ci gaba da matsa da son nasara". Yana da kwantiragi har zuwa 2028, amma yana iya samun babban canja wuri na ƙarshe.
Kakar da ke tafe
Celtic za su fara kare taken su na lig a ranar 3 Agusta a gida a kan Dundee. Bayan haka za su tafi wajen Kilmarnock, sannan wasan League Cup a tsakiyar Agusta, kafin abin da zai iya zama manyan wasannin kakar a zagayen wasan neman yabo na UEFA Champions League a 18-19 da 25-26 Agusta. Abokin hamayya bai san ba tukuna, amma Celtic za su shiga ne suna kan jerin iri-iri, suna son gujewa maimaita ficewarsu da bugun fanareti a kan Kairat a matakin da suka yi a kakar da ta gabata.
O'Neill ya yi alƙawari cewa yana son Celtic su rike ƙwallon "da manufa" fiye da kawai mallaka. Amma duk da tsarin wasan da ake so, rasa Engels da/ko McGregor zai bar babban gurbin cika a tsakiya, yayin da tafiyar Maeda zai ƙirƙiri matsalar da ta gaske a gaba saboda yadda yake da ikon wasa a fikafiki da kuma tsakiya.
