Opinion: Could soon to be out of contract 6-goal star do a job for Celtic?
Any Celtic fan that watched the recent Hibernian vs Hearts Scottish Cup to see how reported Hoops transfer target Kevin Nisbet fared in the game wouldn’t have been that impressed with the Easter Road striker, as he didn’t have much of an impact on the game.
However, one player who did perform well in the game, and who is out of contract at the end of the season, is Hearts winger Josh Ginnelly. The Englishman scored the opening goal in the 3-0 win for the Tynecastle club, and he is enjoying a good season for the third placed side in the Scottish Premiership.
As we know, Celtic have only bought one player from a Scottish side during Ange Postecoglou’s time as manager, and technically the player – Ben Siegrist – had left Dundee United when his contract expired to join the Hoops on a free transfer.
Could Ginnelly possibly be the second player to join the Hoops after their contract expires from a Scottish Premiership team? Many fans will no doubt feel that the player isn’t good enough for the Hoops, after all, Celtic are 23 points ahead of Hearts in the league. However, the player is doing well for a Hearts side that are in good form at the moment.
So far this season, he has scored six goals and contributed three assists, and you have to think that number would increase if he joined the Hoops. Perhaps an issue would be that the player would likely be a squad player at best for the Bhoys, and maybe Celtic are needing players who are going to be first-team regulars when it comes to new signings for the Hoops going forward.
Still, if Celtic are looking to sign players that feature in the Scottish Premiership, then it wouldn’t be a Hibernian player that you would look to sign judging on their collective performance in the Scottish Cup tie against Hearts, a match they had to win to keep their season alive, and they slumped to a convincing defeat.
Kevin Nisbet has performed well this season when he has been fit for Hibernian, but he was quiet in the Edinburgh derby, indeed Hearts striker Lawrence Shankland outperformed him on the day, and he looks to be the better player of the two.
Celtic might not be looking to sign a striker from another Scottish side, but if they are looking to sign a player in another position from a Scottish team, then Ginnelly could be one that the Hoops may be considering.
Load of crap who would you not give a game to to let a sub par play in to quote jock Celtic tops aren’t second best they don’t shrink to fit inferior players
Ginnelly would be great for the hoops works hard scores goals great pace who wouldn’t won’t him gives Celtic hell every time Gino is your man
I think Josh ginnelly (gino) would fit well in the team and bring his own attributes to the squad mainly his skills and pace.
I dont know where we could get another player to do the job he could do for the sort of money it would take to bring him to the club,I think he will be a good investment as he’s still a young player
why be a squad player when he starts every game for Hearts? Sure the lure of going to Celtic would be huge, but do you want to play and be part of a winning team or sit on the bench for a winning team?