Promising young Celtic and Scotland u21 defender Matthew Anderson has agreed to join Belgian second tier side KV Kortrijk on a permanent basis…
The young left back who was part of Brendan Rodgers squad that toured the USA last summer has spent the last year and a half at Austrian side Wacker, a side whom Celtic have significant ties with.
Matthew Anderson has impressed in Austria
Matthew has impressed in the Austrian second tier and there were hopes he could challenge for place in the first team squad especially with Greg Taylor leaving, but has decided to take the plunge and pursue his career in Belgium as he penned a three year deal with the Flanders based side.
It appears that Matthew wasn’t in Brendan’s long term plans and the club have sanctioned the 21 year olds move to the Belgian side for a relatively low fee although there is believed to be a significant sell on clause inserted in the deal.
It’s unfortunate that Matthew Anderson doesn’t have a future at the club, but we wish him all the best in his future career.
Benjamin Nygren’s Celtic delight
Meanwhile Celtic today completed the signing of Sweden international attacker Benjamin Nygren from Danish side FC Nordsjælland for a fee of just €1.5m, a slightly lower fee than expected with this price being mentioned today by Fabrizio Romano.
⚪️🟢 Official, confirmed. Celtic sign Benjamin Nygren from Nordsjælland for €1.5m transfer fee.
Contract until June 2029 plus option until 2030. Here Nygren with his agent Hasan Cetinkaya. pic.twitter.com/xfckqrPcb8
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 27, 2025
Benjamin certainly looks impressed by the dressing room at Celtic Park, judging by his reaction in the video below.
🍀 | Celtic on TikTok:
“To the right” 😂 pic.twitter.com/61PicW3ama
— Charlie 🍀 (@TheBhoysPage) June 27, 2025
Nygren joins KT and Ross Doohan in the Celtic squad for the new season
Benjamin Nygren joins Kieran Tierney and Ross Doohan as the three additions to Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic squad for the new season, with the first two almost certain to be first picks. Hopefully there will be more to come in the coming weeks.
Fingers crossed.
Here’s Benja’s welcome to Celtic video…
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