Celtic’s swoop for Henry Onyekuru could be back on

WHILE Brendan Rodgers fears he will do no more business during the current transfer window, reports from Belgium hint otherwise.

Henry Onyekuru was linked with a £1 million switch to the Hoops earlier this month.

But a move to Glasgow cooled when the Qatari agency which holds the player’s registration cast doubt on the deal happening.

Now, however, it could be back on after Onyekuru’s Belgian club AS Eupen made moves to signing two players to replace him.

The Nigerian then went AWOL from Eupen before they played Standard Liege, reportedly in a bid to push through a move to Scotland.

Clubs in Germany, Russia and Turkey have also been credited with an interest in Onyekuru, but the player wants to go to Brendan Rodgers’ side.

Eupen were initially reluctant to sell to Celtic.

But they have now resigned themselves to the inevitable and are on the brink of bringing in a couple of replacements.

They’ve snapped up Standard Liege forward Jean-Luc Dompe on a six-month loan.

And they are in the process of completing a move for Christian Bruis – a former Eupen player – from French outfit Stafe Rennais. He is due to have a medical today.

Rodgers has already admitted Celtic are very much in the hunt to sign the exciting 19-year-old.

He added: “He is a fantastic player with big attributes, but we will see how it develops.”

So it could be that Onyekuru, who is owned by the Qatari-backed Aspire Academy, could head to Scotland before Tuesday’s transfer deadline.