Pete O'Rourke has dropped a claim concerning Celtic's reported interest in signing Bristol City striker Antoine Semenyo.

What's the talk?

Speaking to Football FanCast, the journalist and transfer insider had this to say on the matter: "Semenyo has been linked with Celtic for a long time now. He's somebody that's been on their radar for the last couple of transfer windows as well.

"Obviously, I think he's carrying an injury at the minute so that's maybe stalled a potential move on this one, but I'm sure Celtic will be maintaining a close brief on his return to fitness." 

With 136 senior club appearances to his name throughout his career, the 22-year-old really made a name for himself throughout his latest season in the English Championship.

Celtic fans will be buzzing

Having made 31 league appearances for Bristol City in 2021/22, the striker found the net eight times and delivered 12 assists in the process, which shows just how capable he is of scoring goals and setting them up for his team-mates.

He also posted a higher rate for shots on target per 90 minutes (1.14) than any other Robins player last season, along with the highest average for dribbles per game (1.2) at Ashton Gate.

This makes it easy to see why the Hoops have had their eye on the player and what he could offer to Ange Postecoglou's side.

As O'Rourke mentioned, the striker suffered an injury in June which will reportedly keep him out of action until September.

With that in mind, it could make a move for him in this summer's transfer window rather difficult to complete.

However, with the Ghanaian's contract set to expire next June, the forthcoming January transfer window could be an ideal time for the Hoops to finally make a move for the player, as it could be the only chance that Bristol City get to cash in on him if he doesn't sign a new deal.

Now that O'Rourke has claimed that Celtic could be still keeping an eye on the player, this would surely have a lot of Hoops fans buzzing and hopeful that their club will make a move for the 22-year-old in January.

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