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Aidan Macdonald

Chelsea urged to approach Celtic for Kyogo transfer

Former Chelsea star Pat Nevin reckons Celtic striker Kyogo Furuhashi joining the English Premier League side would be "a good move".

Mauricio Pochetinno's side have had a poor start to the season, with one of the main issues being up front.

And Nevin reckons the Japan international could fix their goalscoring problems.

He told OBLG: "Chelsea won't get Callum Wilson or many other proven strikers. I think Kyogo Furuhashi at Celtic would be a good move, too, as he'd finish off a lot of the missed chances.

"Chelsea will have a lot of options, but they've already signed a huge amount of players. They also have Nkunku to come back and I think Broja will shock everyone.

"Before his injury, a lot of people thought he was the answer. He's still young, has a great build, and has plenty of potential.

"Chelsea will know more about those two by January."

Meanwhile, Brendan Rodgers insists he is "open to helping" new Inverness boss Duncan Ferguson.

The former Everton striker revealed in his first press conference that he had spoken to the Celtic manager about the possibility of taking players on loan.

And the Northern Irishman opened up on the two exchanging messages recently.

He said: "We connected when he was at Everton, and then throughout my managerial jobs. I’m always open to help with whatever manager or coach needs it.

"When we faced Everton - whenever he was in temporary change - we obviously got chatting for a good bit around that time.

"We have communication, it’s like most coaches and managers, not every single day but my phone is there for him if he ever wanted to reach out.

"I think it’s great for him, he clearly wants to do well in management, and he’s spent a long time in coaching.

"Going up to Inverness, it’s a lovely part of the world, but I’m sure they want to do well in their football, and so will he.

"We exchanged messages the other day."

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