Adam White has dropped a claim regarding Celtic's interest in a deal to bring Zinedine Ferhat to Parkhead in the January transfer window.

What's the talk?

In a recent interview with GIVEMESPORT, the journalist stated his belief that the Nimes winger - who has been heavily linked with a move to Parkhead this winter - would be an extremely impressive signing for Ange Postecoglou to get over the line, with White going as far to state that the 28-year-old would be one of the best players in the Premiership.

Speaking about the Celtic-linked forward, the journalist said: "He'd be a really good option. He can play as a number 10, can also play out wide and as an attacking midfielder, very graceful, creative, and I think he'd improve Celtic’s team and would be one of the better players in the SPFL."

Bye-bye Johnston

While the likes of Jota, Liel Abada and Kyogo Furuhashi have been in deadly form for Celtic so far this season, with this trio having already scored 35 goals and registered 19 assists between them in the current campaign, Postecoglou's backup options have been rather less impressive.

One such player is Mikey Johnston, the £10k-per-week 22-year-old who has so far failed to score a single goal over his 18 outings in all competitions this season, with Willie Miller going as far to describe the winger's performance against Hibernian in the League Cup final as "pathetic."

And, with the academy graduate being linked with a move to Aberdeen this January, it would seem a very wise move for Postecoglou to allow the winger to depart for Pittodrie, and subsequently make a move to bring Ferhat in as his replacement.

Indeed, over his 33 Ligue 1 appearances for Nimes' last time out, the £4.05m-rated forward was in astonishing form, scoring six goals, providing ten assists and creating nine big chances for his teammates, as well as an average of taking 1.9 shots and making 1.6 key passes per game.

These returns saw the £13k-per-week Algeria international earn a sensational seasonal SofaScore match rating of 7.07, ranking him by far and away as his side's best performer in the top flight of French football.

As such, it would indeed appear as if the Nimes winger would be a huge upgrade on many of Postecoglou's current options out wide - Johnston included - leading us to hold the belief that the 56-year-old must make a move for the player who has 82 career assists to his name before the end of the month.

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