As time passes, or with each passing game, Wilfrid Nancy’s stock falls further under interim boss Martin O’Neill Carefully cultivate this celtics The sides return to their original shape.

Let’s face it, this isn’t an old-school Hoops team, although the Scottish champions have undergone a vital mid-season shakeup to secure a spot in the Europa League play-offs while remaining firmly in the race for the Premier League title.

There has also been plenty of positivity around the club’s early January moves, with Tomas Cvancara heading in his first Glasgow goal in the recent 2-0 win over Falkirk following his assist for Tynecastle last weekend, while on-loan Julian Araujo swept the man-of-the-match award.

It’s still early, but the two trades look to improve O’Neill’s lineup, if not the starting lineup, and there’s growing interest in whether deadline day duo Junior Adamu and Joel Mwuka can follow suit.

What Celtic can expect from Adamu and Mwuka

Starting with Adam, the Austrian arrived at Parkhead on an initial loan deal with Bundesliga side Freiburg following Chivankara’s mid-season exit from Germany.

Like Kawankara, the 24-year-old has been in poor form of late, scoring just three league goals in total since the start of the 2023/24 season.

That’s not a good sign, although his previous performances in Austria are encouraging, with the speedy striker scoring 23 goals in 84 games for Red Bull Salzburg and 26 goals in 49 appearances for Livering.

Like Chivankara, who has scored just 10 goals in all competitions since the start of the 2023/24 season after previously shining at Sparta Prague, Adamu appears to need to rediscover his previous best form and there is certainly one player in the mix.

Meanwhile, as for Mwuka, he may represent a riskier deal, Reporter Robin Bernard Describing him as a “mediocre Ligue 1 player”, he also said it was a “strange move” for a Parkhead player.

In fact, the 23-year-old has only managed six goals and assists in 55 games with Lorient, despite having previously scored 23 goals and assists in 84 games with Bodo/Glimt.

described as “Explosive wingerDuring his time in Norway, scout Jacek Kulig believed that if the Norwegian was in his previous best form, he could very well be a much-needed solution on Celtic’s right wing.

Both need to rediscover their mojo, but they should be given time to do so. Unfortunately, however, time may be running out for one of their new teammates.

Celtic’s flop now looks complete after moves for Adamu and Mvuka

Mwuka looks set to compete with Yang Hyun-joon for the right-wing role, while Adamu offers ability at center or on either wing, which does beg the question of summer signings, Michelle-Angie Barikvisha.

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The £5m-rated player has become a spectator at games in Glasgow and the arrival of two other strikers will only further hamper his hopes of getting game time between now and the end of the season.

That being said, the DR Congo international can’t exactly complain about his current status under O’Neill, as he hasn’t made an impact at all over the last six months or so.

The former Royal Antwerp man has long been sought after by Parkhead’s hierarchy and he looks a shadow of the player who shone in Belgium, scoring 47 goals and assisting 47 in 145 games for his former club.

The 24-year-old is capable of playing as a No. 10, either in midfield or on the wing, and looks like a smart acquisition, ready to challenge the likes of Maeda Daizen and Sebastian Tunekti for a starting spot.

Although perhaps affected by competition on the left wing, the Belgian-born winger has little to complain about as the Scottish champions have been “passive” so far. Expert Andy Halliday.

All in all, his time at Celtic was interrupted by a spell at the Africa Cup of Nations, making just 14 appearances, assisting twice and yet to score in his new surroundings.

Worryingly, Baliqusha has not actually played a minute in the league since October, with his only appearance this year coming in a narrow win over Auchinleck-Talbot late last month.

During that 68-minute appearance, he was deployed in the No. 10 position, a position O’Neill considers to be his best role, although he didn’t quite take advantage of the opportunity, leaving him running out of ropes in a basketball jersey.

Firmly behind Benjamin Nygren and possibly Luke McCowan in tenth place and now further down the attacking pecking order following the arrivals of Adamu and Mvuka, the £5m flop looks set for a swift and inevitable departure at the end of the season.

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