Celtic Sign Hogh for Record £11m Fee
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- Celtic signed 25-year-old Danish striker Kasper Hogh from Bodo/Glimt for a reported £11m on a four-year deal with the option of a further year, making him the club's record signing.
- Hogh scored 54 goals in 103 games for Bodo/Glimt, including five in last season's Champions League, and netted a double in a 3-1 win over Manchester City plus a goal in a 2-1 victory at Atletico Madrid.
- The arrival is Celtic's second summer recruit after Camilo Duran, with the pair costing a combined reported £15m and coming in to ease fan pressure following Daizen Maeda's exit to Ipswich Town.
- Hogh made his Denmark senior debut in March and headed an equaliser in the World Cup play-off final against the Czech Republic before his side lost on penalties.
- Hogh is described as a penalty-box striker whose underlying data and touchmaps suggest he thrived in Bodo/Glimt's system under Kjetil Knutsen, with Celtic backing Martin O'Neill's staff to replicate that success.
- Hogh's career trajectory took off at Stabaek, where he scored eight goals in 14 games after promotion, before he finished as Bodo/Glimt's top scorer in both 2024 (12 goals) and 2025 (17 goals) and joint top scorer in the Europa League with seven goals.
Why it matters: Celtic's £11m outlay represents a quality-over-quantity pivot under Martin O'Neill, banking on Hogh's Champions League pedigree — five goals last season including strikes against Manchester City and Atletico Madrid — to replace Daizen Maeda and pacify a fanbase whose unrest had been 'verging on toxic' ahead of the new Premiership campaign.
