Celtic Make Preliminary Kieron Bowie Inquiries After Verona Relegation
Celtic have made preliminary inquiries about kieron bowie after Hellas Verona were relegated from Serie A. The 23-year-old former Hibernian striker has moved back into view because Verona’s drop changes the market around him, and Celtic are already acting before other clubs can settle on their own plans.
Verona Relegation Shift
Hellas Verona’s relegation is the trigger here, not speculation in a vacuum. Once a club drops out of Serie A, decisions around forward options tend to tighten quickly, and Bowie’s name is now in that conversation as Celtic test whether a move can be built around his situation.
L’Arena reported the interest via the Daily Record, which puts Celtic’s approach in the same round of Scottish transfer traffic that also has the club monitoring Astana midfielder Ivan Basic. Bowie is the more immediate story for Celtic supporters because he is the striker link, while Basic is a separate watchlist item involving a 24-year-old playing for Bosnia-Herzegovina during the World Cup.
Bowie And Celtic
23-year-old Bowie gives Celtic a younger forward profile than the sort of stopgap move clubs often make in mid-window. The appeal is straightforward: he is a former Hibernian striker, and his availability appears tied to Verona’s relegation rather than a long-running chase that would drag on through the summer.
The complication is that Celtic are not shopping in a clean market. Dundee United are closing in on Michael Forbes, who is 22 and was released by West Ham United, and Julius Eskesen, 26, has only three starts in his first season at Tannadice while drawing interest from GAIS. That is the broader backdrop: clubs are moving early on players whose situations have already changed.
Summer Moves Across Scotland
Dundee United’s deal for Forbes would include a two-year contract and an additional 12-month club option if he passes a medical, which shows how carefully Scottish clubs are structuring their business this summer. Celtic’s Bowie inquiry fits the same pattern of acting before a player’s price or availability shifts again.
Hearts add another layer to that market pressure, with Derek McInnes poised to join Rangers and Hearts unlikely to turn to Falkirk’s John McGlynn or Dundee’s Steven Pressley if he goes. Luke Graham of Dundee tops Rangers’ wishlist once McInnes takes over, leaving Celtic’s Bowie move as one of the cleaner transfer lines in a noisy round-up. If they want him, the early inquiry is the right place to start before Verona’s relegation ripples any further.
