Colin Kazim-Richards and Carlton Cole up front?
Celtic have announced the signing of Colin Kazim-Richards from Feyenoord.
The forward, who 37 caps for Turkey, joins the Scottish champions on a two and a half year deal and follows Erik Sviatchenko and Manchester City youngster Patrick Roberts as new arrivals in the January window.
Welcome to Celtic #NewBhoy @colin_kazim08 #DeadlineDay (NM) pic.twitter.com/5uM1u6HEix
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) February 1, 2016
Kazim-Richards has had a nomadic career, making his professional debut for Bury, playing in the Premier League for Sheffield United and also turning out for Istanbul rivals Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe.
The 29 year old spent the last 18 months at Feyenoord, scoring 16 goals in 50 games.
17 – Colin Kazim-Richards has been involved in more Eredivisie goals for Feyenoord since the start of 2014/15 than any other player. Gone.
— OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) February 1, 2016
Celtic lost the League Cup semi-final 3-1 to Ross County at Hampden Park yesterday and will undoubtedly hope their new player can make an instant impact.
However, fans on Twitter weren’t that excitement by the signing.
https://twitter.com/Edwardddd1888/status/694245763749117952
https://twitter.com/VicVinegar75/status/694245247145107457
https://twitter.com/AndyRTodd/status/694251542401171456
https://twitter.com/GSPCECOYS/status/694238060553342976
