Celtic transfer state of play on O’Shea and Beck as breakdown of £9.5m Adam Idah fee revealed

Celtic have hit the button on a blockbuster bid worth up to £9.5million to bring Adam Idah back to Parkhead.

The Hoops, who also remain hot on the trail of Liverpool defender Owen Beck, have been pushing hard to land last season’s loan star. And they finally reached agreement with Norwich following a weekend of talks to make the hitman one of the club’s most expensive signings ever. Record Sport understands Celtic will cough up around £8.5m up front to get their man, with up to £1m on top in add-ons and a 15 per cent sell-on clause.

Idah is set to head to Scotland on Tuesday for a medical before completing his dream move, with the Republic of Ireland star’s heart set on a return on the back of his successful spell in Glasgow in the second half of last season. The 23-year-old’s fee is just shy of the £9m spent on Odsonne Edouard in 2018, albeit it eclipses the £7m dished out for Christopher Jullien the following year.

Celts made their move having banked a cool £3m for youth product Bosun Lawal from Stoke, having already pocketed around £4m for the sales of Oh Hyeon-gyu and Sead Haksabanovic. Lawal signed a four-year deal with the Championship side after impressing on a loan spell at Fleetwood Town last term.

As for Beck, the Scottish champions have held initial talks but have been unable to agree a fee so far for a player they tried to sign on loan in January. Liverpool want around £3m with further add-ons for the 22-year-old who is high on Celtic’s list of left-back options to challenge Greg Taylor.

The Wales international has a host of loan options in the English Championship with Middlesbrough, Leeds and QPR are all interested. Beck grabbed the headlines with a brilliant loan at Dundee in the first half of last