Celtic now eyeing bargain defender with more tackles & interceptions than any Hoops player

Swedish newspaper Expressen, relayed by Fotboll Skanalen and translated by Sport Witness, has provided an update regarding Celtic and a pursuit of Hammarby left-back Mohanad Jeahze. 

This comes following a report earlier this week claiming that the Parkhead outfit were keen on bringing the Iraq international to Glasgow.

The 25-year-old is under contract in Sweden until 2023 (Transfermarkt) and is believed to be on the radar of a number of clubs across Europe.

Now a fresh update has emerged from Sweden that will delight the Celtic hierarchy…

As per Expressen, relayed by Fotboll Skanalen via SW, the Hoops are ‘prepared’ to sign Jeahze for as little as €1.44-1.93million (£1.2-1.6million) in the summer transfer window.

Albeit the report states that there has been ‘no concrete bid’ for the three-cap ace, it appears that the interest from Lennoxtown is genuine.

Born in Sweden of Iraqi heritage, Jeahze represented the Scandinavian nation at various youth levels before making a senior international debut for Iraq in November 2021.

Despite the upturn in form of Greg Taylor this season, Ange Postecoglou is almost certain to seek out reinforcements in the window as Boli Bolignoli appears ready to move on.

So far this season Jeazhe has scored once and provided five assists in 13 appearances across all competitions and earned a remarkable 7.74/10 match rating from five Allsvenskan outings, making 2.6 interceptions, 2.8 tackles and 2.6 key passes on average per game (Sofascore).

To put those numbers into perspective, no Celtic player with more than two appearances averages more than 1.5 tackles or 1.6 interceptions per Premiership game, while only David Turnbull creates more chances in the current Hoops squad.

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